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PrgmrAtHrt

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PocketNES will not compile with current DevkitARM

Unfortunately, as of the transition to GCC 12 with the newest DevkitARM update, PocketNES will no longer compile. It hits an internal compiler error at the "C_entry" function.

Last edited by PrgmrAtHrt (2022-06-02 9:56:05 am)

Dwedit

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Re: PocketNES will not compile with current DevkitARM

Thanks, will check it out.

edit: If I comment out the two while loops, it builds without internal compiler errors.

		//advance past first null
		while (*s++ != 0);
		//advance past second null
		while (*s++ != 0);

Edit 2: A minimal program which triggers the internal error:  (Build with -Os)

int main()
{
	{
		char *s=(char*)0x0203fc08;
		//advance past first null
		while (*s++ != 0);
		//advance past second null
		while (*s++ != 0);
	}
	return 0;
}

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PrgmrAtHrt

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Re: PocketNES will not compile with current DevkitARM

Thanks for the quick response and fix!

Dwedit

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Re: PocketNES will not compile with current DevkitARM

It's not really a fix, removing that code breaks pogoshell support.  Declaring the variable "s" as volatile seems to be a temporary actual fix.

I've sent a small report of the issue to the devkitarm forum.

Also, look at the branch named "mapper_overlays_and_compy" on github rather than the main branch for now.

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PrgmrAtHrt

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Re: PocketNES will not compile with current DevkitARM

I was going to mention making the pointer volatile, but you beat me to it. At least there's a workaround for now.

Last edited by PrgmrAtHrt (2022-06-02 1:57:24 pm)