25 April 2008

Spring Release Sourcery G++ New Features For ARM Developers

The spring release of Sourcery G++ from Code Sourcery, a Memebr of the ARM Connected Community, offers new features for embedded developers targeting ARM, amongst other platforms.

The spring release of Sourcery G++ is a complete C/C++ development environment based on the GNU Toolchain and the Eclipse IDE. With this release, CodeSourcery expands its offering with two new products, Sourcery G++ for MIPS ELF and Sourcery G++ for x86 Windows, and introduces additional tools for GNU/Linux application developers, including a QEMU-based simulator, a post-linker for reducing the footprint of a GNU/Linux system, and a utility to simplify use of Sourcery G++’s libraries and dynamic linker when running applications on a target system with an existing GNU/Linux installation.

In addition, Sourcery G++ now includes Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) and CDT 4.0, the latest version of the Eclipse IDE, bringing editing and code navigation improvements to every platform.

CodeSourcery has also developed many new features and enhancements on individual target platforms for this release. Sourcery G++ for ARM targets the ARM Cortex-A9 and Cortex-R4F processors, and the Professional Edition now includes big-endian runtime libraries and VFP-optimized runtime libraries for improved performance on certain ARM processors.

Sourcery G++ contains an enhanced Eclipse-based integrated development environment, the entire GNU Toolchain — ISO C/C++ compilers, a flexible assembler, a powerful linker, runtime libraries, and a source- and assembly-level debugger — with JTAG/BDM and simulator support, and more. Sourcery G++ Professional Edition customers receive unlimited technical support from CodeSourcery’s expert engineers. Sourcery G++ runs on GNU/Linux or Windows hosts and targets GNU/Linux, uClinux, Windows, or bare board systems.