It is a GCC compiler with a back end for the intel 8086 family (16 bit x86). The backend was written for GCC version 4.3.0 by Rask Ingemann Lambertsen. A set of patches were posted by him on 30 July 2007 at gcc-patches@xxxxxxxxxxx. After some discussion, a conclusion was reached that this should not be a new backend, but a variant of the i386 family. Rask disliked this conclusion and on 30 August 2007 announced he will not continue with this work and posted a second set of patches. Compared with other compilers for the 8086, ia16-unknown-elks-gcc (ia16-gcc) features: -Is unmantained, sharing this feature with all other compilers for these processors. -In common with BCC, knows nothing about segmentation of memory. -Being the most recent compiler for these processors, it probably produces the best code. -This is also the least tested compiler. There is no information regarding the reliability of the produced code. The easiest way to get ia16-gcc is at the following links: <https://github.com/crtc-demos/gcc-ia16> The ia16-gcc proper <https://github.com/crtc-demos/newlib-ia16> The newlib library, adapted for ia16-gcc <https://github.com/crtc-demos/build-ia16> A shell script to build the thing I found the above links after getting the compiler by other means. So, I can't say anything about how well it works. To use ia16-gcc, you need to have installed the toolchain for x86. That is, gas, ld, ar, etc. provides support for 16 bit 8086. Juan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
