Mail Archives: djgpp/2003/02/26/18:00:17
Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message news:<b3i1ve$8om$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE>...
> Deepak Kumar Saxena <deepak_saxena AT infosys DOT com> wrote:
>
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> > We are looking for a 'C' cross compiler available on Sun Solaris
> > platform with 80186 as a target. Can you please provide any info, where
> > can I get this cross compiler or whom should I approach for it?
>
> Whomever you may have to approach, it's not very likely you'll find
> them in this particular place. comp.arch.embedded is far more likely
> to have the people you need.
>
> The 80186 is a 16-bit embedded controller based on the x86 series of
> CPUs, for which no GCC support exists. I'm not aware of any
> cross-compiler toolchain hosted on Suns (of all things --- why not use
> PCs, or Linux?) that would target this platform.
>
> Also note that 80186 is a dying platform --- no new chips any more.
May I suggest, if you can get some kind of PC emulator running on your
Sun, running Turbo C++? Okay, it's not great, and using an emulator
to cross-compile is a heck of a kludge, but if it works...I use an
emulator to cross-compile for a Z80 using Hitech C.
-b.
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