Re: Fw: Re: [avr-gcc-list] Elf - coff volatile

[E. Weddington]

On 5 Nov 2002 at 10:40, Maurizio Ferraris wrote:

> At 16:57 04/11/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >Probably the best ideal would be a complete, open IDE on Windows
> >which would include easy hooks to deploy compiler, debugger,
> >simulator, whatever. I have some ideas for the open IDE, but I also
> >know nothing about GDB for Windows. If this could get going, it could
> >then be a replacement for AVR Studio without elfcoff.
> 
> I don't know if this has something to do with this idea, but when I
> installed the AvrStudio4 it registered something like 30 COM objects
> with juicy names like: AvrParserCoff, AvrParserUbrof, AvrDisassembler,
> or AvrScriptTest, and a lot other regarding Simulator and target.
> These are probably not so documented, but the type libraries may be
> much informative. I guess that the AvrStudio4 gui is based upon these
> interfaces. It should be possible to get some of these objects working
> with a different gui. All interfaces are DispInterface so it is eve
> possible to use VB or Delphy or any language of choice. Regards. Mau.
> 

AVR Studio is a proprietary tool. The point is not to use their COFF, 
or their UBROF, but to have a debugger / simulator working with GCC's 
native ELF format on Windows without having to wait for Atmel for 
anything.

Eric
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