Re: MiNT cross-compiler

On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 19:11 +0300, Eero Tamminen wrote:
> Atari MiNT "a.out" format support would also be needed in "binutils".

a.out support was removed in binutils, so you will have to use something
like elf2aout.

> While there are newer GCC versions for MiNT provided by different 
> individuals, Debian packages remained at v4.x.  AFAIK GCC 4.x is used 
> for those because it generates best m68k code when one considers the 
> size of the generated code vs. its performance.

Did you try LLVM for m68k?

> (Choices done for optimizations in non-HW dependent parts of later GCC 
> versions favor more modern CPUs with larger caches and more RAM in 
> general, than typical m68k machines have.)
> 
> I.e. newer GCC versions are useful for MiNT mainly due to their support 
> for newer C++ versions.

Yes, indeed.

Adrian

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