[fpc-pascal] ARM7TDMI

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Tue, 28 Aug 2007, schreef Marc Santhoff:

> Am Montag, den 27.08.2007, 14:14 +0200 schrieb Dani=EBl Mantione:
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> > Op Mon, 27 Aug 2007, schreef Rainer Stratmann:
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> > > Is it possible to write ARM Programs for these single microcontroller=
 chips =

> > > without a RTL and without specifying a target operating system?
> > > Or write pure Assembler Programs?
> > > And then to download it into these single chip controller?
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> > The compiler always needs a runtime library. But you can customize RTL =

> > and it has been prepared for this by means of the embedded =

> > target, where you can enable or disable features. If you like you can a=
lso =

> > write your own rtl.
> =

> I thought about using fpc for (very) small embedded computers, too.
> =

> Doesn't your suggestion imply one of:
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> - hacking up one target already existing or
> - create at least a fake OS target
> =

> to tell the compiler which RTL to use?
> =

> If I understood the wiki page about porting to new OSses or CPU one way
> must be used.

This is correct, but there is nowadays an "embedded" RTL target, which is =

prepared for embedded use and allows easy selection of the RTL features =

needed.

Dani=EBl