From 3731bc587774d8b676ec6da418a8a1113a7a2298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zwelch Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:55:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add comments to README about compiler and library dependencies. git-svn-id: svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd/trunk@2441 b42882b7-edfa-0310-969c-e2dbd0fdcd60 --- README | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 07aaf9a496..5fc9655881 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -128,7 +128,14 @@ those looking for a quick-install OpenOCD Dependencies -------------------- -You will need to install the appropriate driver files, if you want to +Presently, GCC is required to build OpenOCD. The developers have begun +to enforce strict code warnings (-Wall, -Werror, -Wextra, and more) and +use C99-specific features: inline functions, named initializers, mixing +declarations with code, and other tricks. While it may be possible to +use other compilers, they must be somewhat modern and could require +extending support to conditionally remove GCC-specific extensions. + +Also, you need to install the appropriate driver files, if you want to build support for a USB or FTDI-based interface: - ft2232, jlink, rlink, vsllink, usbprog, arm-jtag-ew: @@ -139,6 +146,9 @@ build support for a USB or FTDI-based interface: or the Amontec version (from @uref{http://www.amontec.com}), for easier support of JTAGkey's vendor and product IDs. +Many Linux distributions provide these packages through their automated +installation and update mechanisms. + Compiling OpenOCD ----------------- -- 2.30.2