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Why is it still necessary to patch FSF sources?
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The 68HC11/68HC12 tool chain is integrated in FSF main sources. When you want to build the tool chain from FSF sources, a set of patchs must be applied. In fact these patchs are not mandatory. They are however strongly recommended:

  • Some patchs fix various problems detected after the FSF sources are released. These fixes are provided until the FSF releases a new version.

  • Unfortunately, several fixes are not integrated in FSF sources because it takes time to make them approved by FSF maintainers. This is the case for several nasty bugs in the compiler.

  • The gdb patch contains a BDM support that can't be integrated in FSF mainline due to the lack of copyright assignment by its author.

 

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