Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing

On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 13:10:38 +0100, mm0fmf wrote:

By then ARM kernels were compiled/cross-compiled with
gcc 2.95.x. Then gcc 3.0 / 3.1 came out which was better for userland
code but kernels compiled with it would not run so we stayed with 2.95
for some time.

This would have been the time of the great EGCS schism. The GNU people
(*cough* Stallman *cough*) were being overly control-freaky as per usual,
so a bunch of GCC contributors forked off the code into a new project
called “EGCS”. This soon became known for generating better code than the
original GCC.

Eventually the GNU folks realized the error of their ways. Their existing
“GCC” project was taken out back and put out of its misery, and the EGCS
project took over the “GCC” name.

I thought this began with GCC 3.0, but according to this
<https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/History#EGCS> it was actually 2.95.