GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

Raspberry Pi compatability (ARM1176JZF-S - armv6k)

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Are these tools suitable for compilation for the Raspberry Pi, which is an ARM11 76JZF-S (armv6 k) ?

I'm asking because it's not clear from the description on https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded

I think the chip is classified as an 'Embedded ARM Processor', but I don't think it's a Cortex processor so isn't in the list 'Cortex-R/Cortex-M processor families, covering Cortex-R4, Cortex-R5, Cortex-M0, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4, and Cortex-M0+. '

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Terry Guo (terry.guo) said : 		#1

Those tools can generate code for ARM11 bare metal app, not the one under OS. And the limitations are:

1. ARM11 is not our primary targets, so those tools are not tested on such targets.
2. No dedicated Multilib for ARM11. The default Multilib under folder arm-none-eabi/lib/thumb can be used for ARM11, but is sub-optimal.

Thus I don't recommend this tool chain for Raspberry Pi.

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