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RE: [gbadev] Re: arm-agb-elf arm-thumb-elf arm-elf (O.O)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damian Yerrick <d_yerrick@...>
> [mailto:d_yerrick@...]
> Sent: 01 March 2003 02:16
> To: gbadev@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [gbadev] Re: arm-agb-elf arm-thumb-elf arm-elf (O.O)
> How would Martin Korth know what's "officially documented" without
> having access to official docs?

Having access to official developers who tell him when he's found something
undocumented?

In any case whether or not Martin has access to official docs has no
relevance to using publically accessible information in compiling standard
headers for a homebrew devkit.

> > along with console type stuff for the Xboo cable. This one
> > could be a little sticky legally speaking - I'm fairly sure
> > open sourcing the multiboot protocol layer would be a big no no.
>
> But hey, if Martin Korth has documented it...
> http://www.work.de/nocash/gbatek.htm#biosmultibootsinglegamepak
>

There's more to it than that notably the algorithm for the encryption and
the actual method of communicating between PC & GBA

Dave





Sat Mar 29, 2003 7:15 am

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Hi, I've seen the devkitadv-related binaries and targets and so forth referred to with arm-agb-elf, arm-thumb-elf, arm-elf, etc. Can someone explain why there...
nanchaku
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Nov 11, 2002
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... If I understand things correctly it is something like this: :) an arm-agb-elf toolchain consists of a gcc and binutils patched to provide a new target...
Kuno Woudt
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Nov 11, 2002
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the center of the name has absolutely no meaning whatsoever. arm-agb-elf, arm-thumb-elf, arm-elf, arm-unknown-elf are merely names. the important part is the...
Dave Murphy
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Nov 11, 2002
6:36 pm

This may be old, but I've been out of the loop for a while ^_^. There was a thread a few months ago concerning the difference between arm-elf, ...
Jason Wilkins
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Feb 23, 2003
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... It's so old I can't find the relevant message on my system :/ I'm relatively sure it's completely out of context. The accepted naming convention appears to...
Dave Murphy
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Feb 24, 2003
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Oh no, I'm not objecting at all! I was just saying that for consistencing, no one should use arm-agb-elf unless they are building devkit advance. I would...
Jason Wilkins
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Feb 26, 2003
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... just checking :) Now that you've decided to move to minsys there's probably more to be gained from collaboration - compiling gcc for anything not already...
Dave Murphy
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Feb 26, 2003
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... I'm not so sure. A header file would be a good idea, but using the purported official register names may get one in trouble with trade secret law. ... ...
Damian Yerrick <d_yer...
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Feb 26, 2003
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... I'm not sure that this would be a problem given that so much information is now publically available. How do we know Martin's docs are the purported ...
Dave Murphy
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Feb 27, 2003
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... http://www.work.de/nocash/gbatek.htm "002h - Undocumented - Green Swap (R/W)" "The current GBA BIOS addresses only the upper eight bits of this register...
Damian Yerrick <d_yer...
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Mar 1, 2003
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... Having access to official developers who tell him when he's found something undocumented? In any case whether or not Martin has access to official docs has...
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... From: "Dave Murphy" <wintermute2002@...> [...] ... what kind of stuff are you thinking about stripping out? although i override malloc/free and a...
matthew conte
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... all being well now Jason is moving to minsys they should both end up being the same thing :) ... Newlib accounts for a great deal of the download size...
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... Wow, how did this happen? For devkit advance release 4, the newlib package is only 4 megabytes....
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I has been very quiet on this reflector is anyone still out there? Has anyone played around with gcc optimizations? Instead of my normal dhrystone runs I took...
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Mar 10, 2003
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This is Jason... ... Actually, some useless stuff does get linked in. I myself never planned on removing any functions which could be implemented in some way...
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Feb 26, 2003
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This may all be beaten to death already, perhaps not, I too have switched to mingw (Thanks Dave Murphy and others) I use my gcc build for both the gba and...
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... There is not such thing as a generic link script or crt0.S I include one with DevKit Advance which is useful for projects without special needs, and the...
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... i am using devkitadv for both gba and gp32 in parallel, using my own linkerscripts,crt0 etc. works great as far as i can tell :O) in practise, if you want...
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... I totally agree with this. Even though I have learned to understand linkerscripts and crt0.S startup files, I remember it was a real pain in the beginning....
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... well I'd have to say it's a fine idea. The problem I found with cygwin relates to official gcc based devkits - swapping about between platforms often...
Dave Murphy
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Feb 27, 2003
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I really think we are on the same page here Jason, not sure if we are going round and round... I tried devkitadv early on in my arm/gba experiments and then...
David Welch
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... You are correct, I did not keep up with new releases of GCC. Even with CVS I am worried about how much work it will be to move to 3.3 and 3.4. ...
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I did some tests and HAS_INIT_SECTION doesnt seem to make a difference so it is a waste of time, I wont bother doing that anymore... configuring gcc...
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... From: "Andreas Thorsén" <yahoo@...> ... the ... Coming back 2 year later I wonder if such an easy to use kit is really needed anymore. I guess...
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... http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.2.2/gcc/Target-Options.html#Target%20Opt ... Coolness, I will be investigating this option very shortly. It actually ...
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