Re: [avr-libc-dev] 1.8.1?

[Erik Walthinsen]

On 11/29/2012 02:06 PM, Weddington, Eric wrote:
> XMega device support is coming out of Atmel. I'm reviewing a second draft of 
> patches for binutils at the moment. Joerg and Georg-Johann have been reviewing 
> this patches as well.
So, that means no support for over half of all devices available on the 
market today (digikey carries 37 models, trunk supports 17) in 1.8.1? 
When can these binutils and gcc patches be expected, and when would the 
next avr-libc release be after those are available?

> Regarding device support, I would hold off doing any work until I can confirm 
> that everything is in order for gcc and avr-libc.
I really don't have that option, since I'm shipping products based on 
chips that are not supported in this toolchain.  I have to maintain my 
own patches to all the tools in order to do my job.  I've been fighting 
this exact problem for over 3 years now.