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Re: Makefile for programming under Windows with cygwin

BTW, my Sourceforge project is called adambots-live, it'll host all this stuff once I finish, plus an RTOS, with Frc default code ported (likely to be based on Freertos).

Re: Makefile for programming under Windows with cygwin

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Originally Posted by jdong

The version of C18 that they provided us (C-Bot) is a stripped version of mcc -- its hex files are IFI-specific -- they will not run on any old PIC18Fxxxx

Can you provide a source for this information? I haven't seen anything yet that would lead me to that conclusion.

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Furthermore it does _NOT_ come with a license agreement on the CD. I've contacted both IFI and Microchip, asking about licensing & permission to distribute the .exe on a LiveCD.

I wouldn't get your hopes up. First, this page refers to your licensed copy of the compiler, and this page at IFI offers to sell you the Microchip compiler for $49.95. If they are willing to let you redistribute it, I think they would also offer it as a free download on their site. Unfortunately I don't have the documentation that came with our KOP last year, but I'd be a little surprised if there wasn't a license agreement in there some where (one of the manuals, perhaps?).

Re: Makefile for programming under Windows with cygwin

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Originally Posted by jdong

BTW, my Sourceforge project is called adambots-live, it'll host all this stuff once I finish, plus an RTOS, with Frc default code ported (likely to be based on Freertos).

While I'm not too sure of the whole MCC legality issue, but I don't think hosting the project on SourceForge would be quite appropriate. I do think this CD is a *VERY* good idea thou, and I don't think IFI or the microchip guys would have TOO much of a problem if you just distributed the CD around FIRST (after all, we all have a copy of the software).
Alternately, what you could do (and I have seen done before) is distribute all the tools you would need to build the CD image, just leave out the MCC/IFI binaries. Then, when people want to make it, they put in their own, build the ISO and everyone is happy. Sort of like what GeeXBox does.
Oh, and if there is anything I could do to help make this CD, please tell me. I would love to be a part of it (I have always been a big fan of Linux live-on-cd and I have been toying with the idea of making my own for a while now)