[En-Nut-Discussion] About the next beta release

[Harald Kipp]

Hi Uwe,

On 10.10.2013 12:50, bon at elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de wrote:
>>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Kipp <harald.kipp at egnite.de> writes:
>     Harald> I still haven't been able to fix the PROGMEM problem for the
>     Harald> 8-bit AVR, which looks tricky. If time allows, I'll try again,
>     Harald> but currently there is no chance. I can still limit the release
>     Harald> to the latest AVR toolchain and exclude WinAVR support. For beta
>     Harald> code this should be acceptable.
> 
> I already asked about an example with the PROGMEM issue. If it doesn't
> involve avr-icc, which I don't have, I would like to have a look at that
> problem.

Sorry, Uwe, either I missed or forgot it.

The problem is related to avr-libc. Since version 1.8 several data types
had been removed, including the often used prog_char. I'm able to
compile for avr-libc < 1.8 or avr-libc >= 1.8, but I never managed to
get the same code linked with both versions.

If possible, I'd like to support both to keep Nut/OS upgrades
attractive. Users may boggle, if they are forced to switch the toolchain
too, because that may require large changes in their existing code too.

Thanks for your offer.

Regards,

Harald