gcc-c6x toolchain source code in Linux-c6x project

Hi, PhongCao

TI does not own the tool chain, please contact Mentor Graphics.

Rex

Isn's it an opensource toolchain?
Thank you!

BR,

PhongCao

It's not GNU GCC, Mentor Graphics developed the cross-compiler.

Rex

Hi Rex,

Are there any other toolchain to compile code for C6x instead of Mentor Graphics tool chain?
I see that from Gcc GNU 4.7,  it supports to compile for C6x (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C6X-Options.html). Is that right? If that is correct, Could you please show me how to use it?

Thank you,

BR,

PhongCao

I believe GCC 4.7 is from Linaro not Mentor Graphics and is for Keystone-2 ARM platforms. C6678 is Keystone-1 a DSP only platform.

Rex

By the way, the ARM platforms uses the full Linux, but c6678 is embedded Linux.

Hi Rex,

Oops, I've read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TMS320. In toolchain section, it said that:

Additionally, a department at the Chemnitz University of Technology has developed preliminary support for the TMS320C6x series in the GNU Compiler Collection.

And:

In 2010 Texas Instruments contracted CodeSourcery (the assignment later transferred to Mentor Graphics as part of their acquisition) to provide deep integration and support for the C6x series in GCC, as part of their effort to port the Linux kernel to C6x. This culminated in C6x being a supported architecture in GCC release 4.7 on March 22, 2012.^[7]

I thought I can use GCC 4.7 to compile a C program for C6X processor in my Ubuntu Desktop.

By the way, thank you for help so much!

BR,

PhongCao