GCC port

[Jeff Law]

On 11/21/13 03:56, Brian Drummond wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-11-21 at 11:23 +0100, David Brown wrote:
>> On 21/11/13 09:22, eljedi . wrote:
>>> Thank you guys for the answers.
>>> Now I have a lot to read and learn.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Oleg Endo <oleg.endo@t-online.de> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 19:25 +0100, eljedi . wrote:
>>>>> Thank you Jonathan for the quick reply.
>
>> The AVR is in fact an 8-bit cpu - I think it is the only 8-bit target
>> that is supported by gcc mainline.
>>
>> For a 16-bit cpu, look at the msp430 port.  It has just recently been
>> added to mainline - previously it was developed outside the main gcc
>> tree.  But being a new port, or at least a newly cleaned up port, it
>> should be a good example to start with.
>
> Excellent news! Which release version includes (or will include) the
> MSP430?
Good grief, no.  Not the msp430 which has odd sized pointers.  If you're 
going to do a 16 bit port, do a pure one.  Anything with PSImode should 
be avoided as a learning experience.

For someone trying to learn, I'd stick with one of the simple 32bit 
embeded riscy processors.  v850 for example.

Jeff