From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 X-Received: by 2002:a37:a48c:: with SMTP id n134mr27305460qke.490.1617043580854; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:46:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a5b:448:: with SMTP id s8mr37818975ybp.363.1617043580660; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder1.feed.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!tr1.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:46:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.202.95; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.202.95 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Are there any cross-compiler for Embedded Linux on ARMv7? From: Andreas ZEURCHER Injection-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:46:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:61668 List-Id: On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 12:16:46 PM UTC-5, John McCabe wrote: > Kind of as it says in the subject; I'm aware there's a GNAT Pro release= =20 > that seems to target Embedded Linux on ARM, but are there any others?=20 >=20 > I'm assuming the GNAT offering covers ARMv7 on the basis their bare-metal= =20 > one packaged in the Community Edition does, but maybe it doesn't!=20 >=20 > I saw some information on a PTC ApexAda one but what I read gives the=20 > impression it may be ARMv8 only, maybe not though!=20 >=20 > If anyone knows more about this, any info they can give me would be very= =20 > much appreciated; at this point I'm particularly interested in ARM A9=20 > support, and at least Ada 2005, preferably 2012.=20 >=20 > Also, does anyone know what AdaCore's like (or any other vendors, for=20 > that matter) if you ask for pricing/evaluation? The sales staff is pleasant to deal with, but you might get sticker shock a= t the prices that they charge for non-GPLed supported products. As far as = evaluation, I think that you are looking at it with the GPLed Community Edi= tion, that is something that you should ask the salesman to see whether the= re is in fact any evaluation period for specific targets that are non-GPLed= -only, not part of Community Edition. > We've been using C++ at=20 > work for ages, but I'm quite interested in seeing whether it would be at= =20 > all feasible to move, at least partly, to Ada because C++ gets on my=20 > nerves :-) Sadly though, as we're busy and it would be an "on the side"= =20 > evalaution, I've not got much time to 'play' with it, so the duration=20 > would be pretty much be open-ended, and I could do without people=20 > hassling me every few weeks to buy their products when the chances are=20 > I've managed about 10 minutes with it between calls...=20 >=20 > Hope you don't mind me asking here; I know there are some great guys from= =20 > various vendors here, so...=20 >=20 > Thanks=20 > John