Hello,

b...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I recently started trying to work with a 21062 on a sun (specifically
> an IXZ4 board from ixthos).  So I got the latest development
> enviornment from ADI for sun, which is version 3.3.1 (hasn't changed
> since '97).  I installed the package, but when I try to compile, cc1
> crashes.
>
> I am running solaris 2.6, I spoke to someone else on the phone that is
> configured similiarly, but the dates/checksums on his files seem to be
> different (later) than mine.  This person was unable to tell me if
> there had been patches or updates.  His compiler reports version 3.3.1
> also.
>
> ADI seems to basically not understand they have a installation for the
> sun, I am getting no where at all with them, and except for saying
> that the latest version they support is 3.3.1 on the Sun, ADI's
> website is silent on the matter. we have:
gcc version rel3.3.1 21k/SHARC 3.3.1
(see below for dates)

I have been working with this version for years under solaris 2.5, 2.6
and 2.7. Works much better than the dos 3.3 version (at least for me).
I even prefer it over VDSP(++) in some instances.

> So is there a patch for v 3.3.1? Has anyone else had problems getting
> it working under solaris 2.6?  The real issue is that the assembler
> crashes, forget making actual working code. 

I don't know of any (later) patches for this version, and I think I
would if there were important ones.

What crashes do occur ? Sometimes the assembler produces only dashes
on stderr because of a syntax error. Or the compactor hangs infinitely.
But I've never experienced solaris being the problem.

> I know I am in the
> minority using a sun for development, but unfortunately that is the
> only option I have.

Just to get you running: you can compile under dos (with g21k ver3.3)
and then use cswap on the sun (from the ADI toolset) to swap the binary
to big endian coff. This binary should be usable by any loader/emulator
for the ixthos board.

HTH
Michael excerpts of sharc directories:

ll $SHARC/bin
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc      151560 Mar 21  1997 asm21k
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc      202884 Jun 30  1997 g21k
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc      267544 Mar 21  1997 ld21k

ll $SHARC/21k/etc/
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc      157744 Mar 21  1997 a21000
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc     4155972 Jun 30  1997 cc1
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc      250920 Jun 30  1997 cpp
-rwxr-xr-x   1 sharc      705508 Jun 30  1997 gco

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