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Vangelis Rokas wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Franklin" <craigfranklin@attbi.com>
> To: "Charles Lepple" <clepple@ghz.cc>
> Cc: <gnupic@linuxhacker.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 4:28 AM
> Subject: Re: spelling mistake
> 
> > The header files come from MPLAB.  I don't want to maintain a seperate
> > set of files.  Has any one told Microchip?  They might fix it.  I will
> > ask.
> 
>     Well, I didn't notice that they where direct copies from MPLAB. One
> might infom them but I do not think they will be very interested (since it
> is a comment). They proposal by Charles is much better and cleaner, since
> one is based on the device descriptions and not on comments.
> 

I received a response.  They will fix it.  The dev files are a better
solution. 

> They only drawback is that .dev files are not distributed with gputils
> tarball so we must obtain them separate. However they might be a part of
> SDCC package if licensing is ok.
> 

Scott and I have been talking about how to distribute the SDCC header
files (or rather the script that generates them).  Could be in SDCC or
gputils-extra.  There are advantages to each one.  If the home ends up
being gputils-extra, the dev files should probably go there.  Not a big
problem for me.  I already have to update the .inc and .lkr from MPLAB. 
One more set of files isn't a big deal.

I starting to like this solution.  The dev files and the new script are
in gputils-extra.  When gputils-extra is installed, the dev files are
installed and the header files are created.  When the dev files change,
you install the new gputils-extra and get updated headers.  If other
languages want to use the dev files, they can add a new script to
gputils-extra to generate their own compiler specific files.  Some
device programing software might also use the data.

We should wait on a response about the licensing before making any
decisions.

> > That is a good idea.  I will send them a quick message and find out.
> 
>     I'll be waiting for their response. Since they distribute MPLAB free,
> probably they won't mind to let us use their .dev files.
> 

I haven't received a response on this one.

> Vangelis Rokas
> 
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