RE: [avr-gcc-list] testsuite saga continues

[Weddington, Eric]

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> gcc uses its own status register cc0 that is set as a result of 
> "compares" and operators such as EQ,LT,GT. 

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> There has been some suggestion of changing gcc cc0 based 
> system, But as 
> yet, nobody has completely figured out a way of doing it.
> 

See this page on the GCC web site:
<http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/beginner.html>
"This page lists projects which are feasible for people who aren't
intimately familiar with GCC's internals. Many of them are things which
would be extremely helpful if they got done, but the core team never
seems to get around to them. "

This page lists this item:
"- Convert md files that use (cc0) so they don't anymore."

And it give some suggestion on how to do it, but it also says that it
would be difficult.

The AVR is one of the ports that uses the cc0 system. It would be great
if we could move to the new system eventually.

Eric Weddington