Re: [avr-gcc-list] Toolchain not showing up with xmega support

[David L. Martin]

On 06/21/2011 03:57 PM, Weddington, Eric wrote:
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> > Behalf Of Joerg Wunsch
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:30 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] Toolchain not showing up with xmega support
> >
> > "David L. Martin"<address@hidden>  wrote:
> >
> > > Atmel just seems to run hot/cold with the Linux support, that lowers
> > > my confidence.
> > However, GCC is essentially the very same compiler on both, Linux and
> > Windows (as well as any other OS GCC supports), so Xmega patches that
> > are used to build the Windows toolchain should apply without problems
> > also for Linux.  The only thing is there's no Atmel-provided Linux
> > toolchain as a binary distribution.
> See here:
> http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=17311&category_id=163&family_id=607&subfamily_id=791
>
>
> > OTOH, you could consider that a value: while (most) Windows users
> > never really learn that they are eligible to also compile that stuff
> > from source (with the option to possibly modify the source if they
> > found a bug that really annoys them), you'll eventually know how to do
> > that. ;-)
> Except that most Windows users don't even care to build the compiler from 
> source, much less modify it themselves.

I've tried to get the Atmel toolchain working, just too many problems.
From the renaming of the defines, to the _delay_ms bug, and finally to 
the code compiling without error and just flat out not running.

I can't spend anymore time on it, I'm going to switch back to the 
version in the Ubuntu repository.  The code compiles there without any 
hitches.