Hey there On 11 July 2010 22:53, Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Currently I am evaluating the Microchip PIC32MX795F512L-80I/PF and hit > some problems with MPLAB under VMWare (crash all the time). > > OK, since MPLAB is using pic-gcc.exe, I like to know, which version of > gcc (and parameters) plus additinal tools I have to use to compile > binaries for PIC32. I am not quite sure what MPLAB is, but it sounds like one of those dev kits for micro-controllers which are usually just scripts over a pre-compiled version of gcc. It doesn't matter what version of gcc it is. Its the way gcc is setup. If your compiling code for a micro-controller you need a cross-compiler. What happens is if you invoke gcc on a source file, if your using debian gcc it will generate code for you host system. To generate code for that micro-controller you need to compile your own version of GCC and set the --target in the configure and you will also need a binutils setup so as and ld, assemble and link for that target correctly. Though if this sounds too painful you may want to look into a scratchbox * http://www.scratchbox.org/ which is a thing designed for cross compilation and testing environments and runs qemu for you to test code etc. But if you want to find out more on compiling gcc for a target and therefore cross compiler you can Google about on some options but i am sure its documenting on the website some where its a matter of pointing --with-ld = with-as = --target= etc.. are the main options i think of the top of my head but i am sure some more people here have more experience with that! :) Hope this helps, let us know how you get on! --Phil
