Hey Felipe
Julian Brown is working on it, see: https://github.com/puppeh/vc4-toolchain ;
https://github.com/puppeh/binutils-vc4
He has picked up all the great work done by past folks, and moving it forward.
I understand its coming together very nicely, and it would be good to rally
around this and provide what support testing we can.(These compiler folk are
rarer than hens teeth).
In the fullness of time it would be nice to get rpi/linux/windows/macos binary
releases some place, so we can lower the barrier to writing VPU code. (I
figure not all users necessarily have the patience to build from source).
I'd love to do a port of Wiring to the VPU pre boot environment (bootcode.bin),
for folks that want to do Arduino/Teensy style things but say on the RPi Zero.
There is alot to like about the Wiring / Processing take on things, when users
don't want to get distracted by the vagaries of Linux configuration etc. Plus
we could get much quicker start times, determinacy and power usage for tiny
projects.
CheersHerman
From: felipe.m.almeida@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 23:05:34 -0300
Subject: [raspi-internals] Re: VPU mnemonic alignment
To: raspi-internals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Herman Hermitage
<hermanhermitage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I guess we can add a section for historical alternatives.
With Julian Brown tapping away at GCC et al, I guess what gets implemented
there will ultimately be what matters :-)
Hello,
Is there someone working in GCC port for VPU?
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Felipe Magno de Almeida
