Mail Archives: geda-user/2011/12/05/01:24:43
On 12/03/2011 11:47 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
> 4.3.4 is still the official recommended version. Jörg wants people
> to test the 4.6.x stuff.
> I'd skip anything in 4.4 and 4.5.
> Bingo's conical build script is here:
> http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=42631&postdays=0&postorder=asc
> Unless you have a very new part that is not supported, there is not a
> lot of reason to use the newer stuff for the AVR.
>
> Do make sure you are up to date on all of the patches, and using the
> latest version of AVR-LibC. 1.7.0 had all of the delay functions
> broken.
> I document a particularly nasty problem with the XMega here:
> http://blog.softwaresafety.net/2011/02/anatomy-of-race-condition-toyota-vs-avr.html
Wow, ugh. I'm currently running avrlibc v1.7.1. My stuff seems to
work fine with GCC v4.4.6...the reason I'm on that release is because I
build all of my cross-compilers from the same build script for
consistency, for ARM, x86, m68k, PPC, and SPARC, as well as AVR.
I will see about testing my build script with the GCC 4.6.x branch soon.
>> Heh. I'd quit. ;)
>
> I've thought of it. Even thought of going out on my own, problem is I
> don't know how to answer the question "Where are your customers going
> to come from?".
Craigslist is a good start. There are lots of small, non-suitly
companies who need work done, and they all start there when looking for
talent.
>> Dave McGuire
>> New Kensington, PA
>
> Thought you where in Florida? Your only about 70 miles from me now.
Hey, perhaps we can get together!
I needed to get out of Florida; I was sick of starving to death due
to the lack of work, and paying $700/mo power bills. My fiancee and I
were able to score a biggish (~14K sq. ft.) commercial building in a
really fun area just outside of Pittsburgh. The price was unbelievably
low, a fraction of what people typically pay for even a mediocre house;
I will NEVER live in a "house" again. No space, tiny doorways and
hallways, no three-phase power...definitely not geek-compatible.
Commercial buildings "for the win".
Over time, we'll be constructing our residence in the top floor,
where I'll also have my office and lab, and downstairs I'll build a
vintage computing museum in which to show off my goodies. (older Crays,
DEC PDP-8/10/11/14 machines, some vintage tube analog computers, etc)
For now we sleep in a tiny apartment around the corner, and we have
temporary office and workspace set up in our building.
From a work standpoint it has been fantastic...after a decade of
barely scraping by (and getting utilities turned off left and right), I
landed the best job I've had in fifteen years literally within HOURS of
actually starting to look. Pittsburgh has a strange reputation that I
just don't understand, but it's possibly the most beautiful city I've
ever seen, and it's a fantastic place for a tech geek to be.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
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