Adjust READMEs to point explicitly to the arm-gcc version used by travis

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George Oikonomou 2016-01-24 13:53:54 +00:00
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Install a Toolchain
-------------------
The toolchain used to build contiki is arm-gcc, also used by other arm-based Contiki ports. If you are using Instant Contiki, you will have a version pre-installed in your system. To find out if this is the case, try this:
The toolchain used to build contiki is arm-gcc, also used by other arm-based Contiki ports. If you are using Instant Contiki, you may have a version pre-installed in your system.
$ arm-none-eabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: arm-none-eabi
Configured with: /scratch/julian/lite-respin/eabi/src/gcc-4.3/configure
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gcc version 4.3.2 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2008q3-66)
The platform is currently being used/tested with "GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors" (<https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded>). The current recommended version and the one being used by Contiki's regression tests on Travis is shown below.
The platform is currently being used/tested with "GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors". This is the recommended version and the one being used by Contiki's regression tests on Travis. <https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded>
The older version (Sourcery G++ Lite 2008q3-66) shown above should still work, but the port is no longer being tested with it. <http://sourcery.mentor.com/public/gnu_toolchain/arm-none-eabi>
$ arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
arm-none-eabi-gcc (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors) 5.2.1 20151202 (release) [ARM/embedded-5-branch revision 231848]
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Drivers
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Note that uploading over serial doesn't work for the Sensortag, you can use
TI's SmartRF Flash Programmer in this case.
* A toolchain to build firmware: The port has been developed and tested with
GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors <https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded>.
The port was developed and tested using this version:
GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors (<https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded>).
The current recommended version and the one being used by Contiki's regression
tests on Travis is shown below.
$ arm-none-eabi-gcc -v
[...]
gcc version 4.9.3 20141119 (release) [ARM/embedded-4_9-branch revision 218278] (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors)
$ arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
arm-none-eabi-gcc (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors) 5.2.1 20151202 (release) [ARM/embedded-5-branch revision 231848]
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
* srecord (http://srecord.sourceforge.net/)
* You may also need other drivers so that the SmartRF can communicate with your

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Install a Toolchain
-------------------
The toolchain used to build contiki is arm-gcc, also used by other arm-based Contiki ports. If you are using Instant Contiki, you will have a version pre-installed in your system. To find out if this is the case, try this:
The toolchain used to build contiki is arm-gcc, also used by other arm-based Contiki ports. If you are using Instant Contiki, you may have a version pre-installed in your system.
$ arm-none-eabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: arm-none-eabi
Configured with: /scratch/julian/lite-respin/eabi/src/gcc-4.3/configure
...
(skip)
...
Thread model: single
gcc version 4.3.2 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2008q3-66)
The platform is currently being used/tested with "GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors" (<https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded>). The current recommended version and the one being used by Contiki's regression tests on Travis is shown below.
The platform is currently being used/tested with the following toolchains:
* GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors. This is the recommended version. Works nicely on OS X. <https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded>
* Alternatively, you can use this older version for Linux. At the time of writing, this is the version used by Contiki's regression tests. <https://sourcery.mentor.com/public/gnu_toolchain/arm-none-eabi/arm-2008q3-66-arm-none-eabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2>
$ arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
arm-none-eabi-gcc (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors) 5.2.1 20151202 (release) [ARM/embedded-5-branch revision 231848]
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Drivers
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