Re: Opinions on Rowley CrossWorks for ARM

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:54:33 +0100, Sebastian Schildt
<jisinews@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello group,

I'd like to hear some opinions regarding the Rowley CrossWorks for ARM
toolchain. I know, this is a somewhat broad request, so I'll try to
clarify things a bit more:

I am in the process of evaluating ARM toolchains which are to be used in
university classes/projects.

Wishlist
1. stable, proven toolchain
2. preferably something "industry standard", so students use the
tools which they might encounter in their future jobs
3. Cheap :)

We just recently switched to ARM. We have experience with the (X)C166
architecture using the Tasking Toolchain and Atmel AVR with WinAVR (GCC)

So far I tried out the the following ARM toolchains


IFF you are on Linux, the best, cheapest solution I have used so far
is "buildroot" (use google). Everything is free, it stays current
until you freeze a version (which in school is never). It uses the gnu
toolchain. It is best if you are using a supported BSP from linux.

IFF you are not on Linux, shame on continuing the mis-education of
students. Throwing cygwin on Winxp is doing the worst of both worlds,
but I have heard that that works too.

Regards, Steve

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