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From: James Sampson <i_am_triumph@ofir.dk>
To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
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Subject: RE: Porting GDB - Where to start?
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>> It's an ELF port, but xstormy16 is still probably your best bet.
>
>Yes.
>
>(GDB ports are object file netural.  Handling elf, xcoff, coff, ... is a
>bfd problem and as long as BFD can handle it, so can GDB. The only
>potential got-ya is the debug info, use GCC and you should be safe >there.)

Ok then :-)

A couple of questions:

1. Why is xstormy16 the best place to start?.

2. Since I can't use GCC to make target specific code for a C55x I must use 
CCS (Code Composer Studio) from TI. What could a "got-ya" be?.

Best Regards
James