nanoMIPS-2019.03-07
nanoMIPS GNU Toolchain v2019.03-07
Published on February 16, 2021
Introduction
The nanoMIPS Toolchain includes example code, source code, and documentation to facilitate development of bare metal applications on nanoMIPS simulators and development boards. These toolchains provide compilers, linkers, libraries and utilities for building applications to run on nanoMIPS cores.
Component Description
- GCC Bare Metal Toolchain
This is a software engineer's cross-development system for nanoMIPS processors, intended for statically linked embedded applications running on bare metal CPUs or light-weight operating systems. - GCC Linux (MUSL) Toolchain
For compiling Linux applications for Linux running on nanoMIPS cores.
Release Notes
New Features
- None.
Bug Fixes
- None.
Other Changes
- Rebrand the release from MIPS to MediaTek.
Known issues
- The movep optimization can lead to bad code generation in some cases. The compiler option -mno-movep-follow-copy-chains can be used to restrict interactions between adjacent optimization sites and avoid this issue.
Documentation
Note These are links to docunments from MIPS Tech/Wave Computing.
- Getting Started Guide, v1.02
- nanoMIPS ABI Supplement, v1.03
- Programmer's Guide, v1.04
- nanoMIPS ABI Porting Guide, v1.02
- Tuning memcpy for MIPS Cores - whitepaper, v0.2
Component Versions
Component | Based on upstream version |
---|---|
binutils | 2.28 |
GCC | 6.3.0 |
musl | 1.1.16 |
newlib | 2.5.0 |
GDB | 8.0 |
QEMU | 2.5.0 |
gold | 2.30 |
smallClib | Internal |
Python | 2.7.16 |
Downloads
Prebuilt Binaries
Variant | Size | Checksum |
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Bare Metal Toolchain | ||
Linux x86 (.tar.gz) | [116M] | md5: 4fecedf4bec48c63fc5df1f8170300aa sha256: b4606497de686fd37921ce22bea201d160e4edf5461138dd0ac57e0c98342d12 |
Windows x86 (.tar.gz) | [86M] | md5: 58dc7163a933cded779c4abbea8f5026 sha256: 69bcdf67858dae677871db4a2a9ca0d34148e19e8dbea067bfece95a4d9811a7 |
Linux x64 (.tar.gz) | [114M] | md5: 7f4a03d642a68a599739b2e471713d9e sha256: 8a8d80ca86cafb6a23429b599306a4241aa92c0b63d4d534188eddf3d05a8200 |
Windows 64 (.tar.gz) | [89M] | md5: 1ef0133198f1653a3bf074d5db36f5b0 sha256: 87d5ca170e8f855a63cb2beb9dc2a684812d5ea1a005553180d1087b4adbdbae |
MUSL/Linux Toolchain | ||
Linux x86 (.tar.gz) | [130M] | md5: 6803ddad4c01dfbd2e2b59c69d21b0a8 sha256: d950d477cb8ec7718a68a28912ee868dc5a24576e3325a324595aff1125489be |
Windows x86 (.tar.gz) | [106M] | md5: c4887a49eb30bcf7a487a518ffb10dec sha256: ebec8a2f0ba2ccb4678f8299ff0b212241fcbddcd26e7dacc593a0f65c4e96d7 |
Linux x64 (.tar.gz) | [129M] | md5: 6724f3ddb17760d45be17a30ffdab22f sha256: ba2e4f6afb55ba0101de00ad78f9aee62914897ef858505d9c3b54bb9c44bac7 |
Windows 64 (.tar.gz) | [109M] | md5: 516db13d0df3fb02489cf8550de51c39 sha256: 36006aff0727f392888467cb2d970a1452e2442324d65cb2de886b5a2a037021 |
Source Components
Component | Size | Checksum |
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binutils-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [51M] | md5: 83d6e2ef8ac1b095183ac4c5249e90a5 sha256: 3bee3f7c0cd3419dc4fefba43dc11f15799f1593b85e4dd328e6b8b9eb78fe32 |
gdb-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [51M] | md5: d8478f84bc38eaf9ef575a597781d48c sha256: 565b5a6818aa8627248cec44c35a4d54f097eab4c90a2e97bc5529a1723029b2 |
gold-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [52M] | md5: b5259ec57f0aadfcdb96046a96dcc8f8 sha256: 0df87ee39cb5dbdfd9650388f060c2850cdaffd62794856100aaf9da2537be44 |
newlib-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [19M] | md5: 0a74a8c6fdf5d8eea442581531ccbc49 sha256: 60e453575f6702dbc646129a7dc91885c7e986342dfea598d2fa9ed8f1651d35 |
gcc-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [112M] | md5: bd883c228b4c9883985243cdca8618cd sha256: daacf1c0613cf493a62f29d10e9f935ca7e72282363912e4a4faa4dddc1d8c3e |
smallclib-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [1M] | md5: 08015e0a2cc093008bca43227aa278e0 sha256: 9ef6f164a7bef77d73c09fda04f1fd8fa79bff75eab5662f26805f44234e8f34 |
qemu-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [11M] | md5: d8006374312ecc2aabddc38cdb42642f sha256: 6dc6a14488a7a3e75e59ad34d020eeaf90866f6d9314059df70573e94cc74553 |
musl-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [1M] | md5: 733ca11f83e7e9b80f6ec3c7e26027df sha256: c12d2ac44c62d15739c4e926ed0303667d6f41a89a9ae1b3c078a24ab9b877fb |
packages-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [189M] | md5: 15995cd06863d9b5484bba59e4cf3c02 sha256: 8bea60272f50a0d4308cba4034c245b4a12538a660131b189ef6628597e7d1cd |
python-2019.03-07.src.tar.gz | [16M] | md5: b40a9b2bfa174e8cc41f9b6e1e5d0f7d sha256: 6e96c6d35108301cfefb26154bf5c5bef43fe97aa2efcf1b84b2befd4f970583 |
License Agreements
License Categories
The components included in this toolchain fall under multiple license agreements:
- GPL v2 - QEMU, Linux
- GPL v3.1 - GNU toolchain, gdb, gmp, mpfr, libiconv
- LGPL v3 - mpc
- MIT / BSD style Licenses - Newlib, smallclib, tinyclib, libgloss/MIPS HAL, musl-libc, libffi, expat, ncurses
- zlib - zlib-libpng license
- PSFL v2 - python
The software included in this product contains copyrighted software that is licensed under the GPLv3. A copy of that license is included in the source. You may obtain the complete Corresponding Source code above.
Licenses for each component are installed as part of the package, are listed in the getting started guide and can be referred to again after the install.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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