[avrdude-dev] avrdude + MinGW (was: Re: Programmers errors on linux, help!)

[eric]

> > What I'd eventually like to do is to find a comparable 
Windows API
> function and
> > use that instead of any Cygwin-based function. My goal 
is to eventually
> move away
> > from Cygwin and build avrdude with MinGW.
> 
> Do you guys have any idea or the scope of the problem in 
moving to MinGW in
> terms of how much of the existing code will break?
> 
> Alex

>From what I understand, I would think it boils down to 
these areas:
1. usleep replacement.
2. Replace serial port access routines with Win32 API.
3. libraries for mingw

#2 above has sort-of been started. The serial port 
communications have been reorganized thanks to Ted Roth to 
allow seperate *nix comms and Win32 comms. I've written 
*some* code to implement the win32 comms, but it's not 
finished, much less, tested. My development time is in a 
state of flux at the moment.

As to #3, I seem to remember some libraries that get linked 
in (sorry I can't remember which ones offhand) and we'd 
have to make sure that those libraries are available on 
mingw.

Eric