gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Fwd: Patches for gputils-0.13.4
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Fwd: Patches for gputils-0.13.4
From:
Andreas Kabel ####@####.####
Date:
11 Jul 2007 18:56:02 +0100
Message-Id: <469519AA.3070908@stanford.edu>
David Barnett wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xiaofan Chen" ####@####.####
> To: ####@####.####
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [gnupic] Fwd: Patches for gputils-0.13.4
>
>
>>> ---------------------------- Original Message
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>>> Subject: Patches for gputils-0.13.4
>>> From: "Andreas Kabel" ####@####.####
>>> Date: Tue, July 10, 2007 10:59 pm
>>> To: ####@####.####
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>>>
>>> Anyway, I have a set of patches for gplink/gpasm which allow for support
>>> of Microchip's new Coff format; perhaps this is something which should
>>> go in any new release of the gputils.
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>
>> Andreas:
>>
>> Another COFF patch has already been accepted into the CVS code.
>> ...
>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1498595&group_id=41924&atid=431667
>>
>> ...
>
> Andreas,
>
> Xiaofan is correct. I applied that patch a week or two ago. However,
> that patch only affects gpvo, not gpasm or (IIRC) gplink. I will
> definitely apply your patch or something like it sooner or later, but
> since I'm rather new to this and you know more about the necessary
> changes, you might consider comparing the patches and merging the
> changes into one patch (against the latest CVS version, which already
> has the other patch applied). It may just involve removing the
> gpvo-related changes from your patch, but I suspect there's a little
> more to it than that.
Hi David -- yes, my changes involve the complete toolchain, i.e.,
gpasm can generate either new or old format COFF (with an additional
command-line option) and gplink and gpvo can both handle new and old
format COFFs (and mixes thereof). I'd be happy to reconcile your patches
and mine into a single one. I recently noticed, however, that all
COFF-related stuff is platform-dependent, as it assumes that sizeof(long
int)==4 and sizeof(short)==2, which is not necessarily true. It might
make sense to rework the patch to take care of this issue.
> I'll still be reviewing the changes before I apply
> them, so whether or not you merge the changes, you could directly email
> me any notes or related background info if you want (call it a favor).
>
> About the next release, I'm in the middle of some messy changes
> involving #defines and macro parameters, but I might go ahead and
> release 0.13.5 soon and save those changes for another release. Several
> important changes have been made since the last release, and that was
> almost a year ago besides. I believe many gputils users don't check the
> CVS repository and would appreciate a new release.
I for one didn't check ... BTW, the CVS server given on the sourceforge
is incorrect, it should be pserver:gputils.cvs.sourceforge.net.
>
> I copied you directly this time since I'm not sure if you're checking
> the gnupic list, but I'd recommend subscribing to it
> ####@####.####
Yes, I'll do that.
Thanks,
Andreas
