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Re: Codewarrior Vs GCC for embedded powerpc development
- From: jerzy dyrda <jerzy dot dyrda at kontron dot pl>
- To: Amit Malyala <amitmalyala at gmail dot com>,ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:45:11 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Codewarrior Vs GCC for embedded powerpc development
- Organization: Kontron East Europe sp. z o.o.
- References: <104d360f05010517131048cc1b@mail.gmail.com> <20050106092441.GA31791@lunn.ch>
On Thursday 06 January 2005 10:24, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 02:13:30AM +0100, Amit Malyala wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a questiong regarding develpment of software for the Motorola
> > mpc500 family of microcontrollers.
> >
> > I want to compare codewarrior with GCC for developing software for
> > embeddd applications. I am considering using gcc for a project on
> > qspi communication of the mpc555 to sd cards.
> >
> > Please compare them in terms of usability , portability and any other
> > features you might think , worth considering..
>
> In terms of eCos, eCos uses gcc extensions which corewarrier will not
> support. So i expect codewarrior will not produce working executables,
> a big minor point for it.
>
> Andrewy
Hello all,
I used CodeWorrior now I switch to gcc and eCos - I think this solution is
more powerful and for sure cheaper than CodeWarrior ( but Metrowerks gives
you full, graphical IDE and high price ).
Free your mind, choose Open Source.
Best Regards
jerzy
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