TASKING VX-toolset for TriCore v6.2r2 patch 2
Release Note

Scope

This release note covers the changes between v6.2r2 and v6.2r2 patch 2 of the TASKING VX-toolset for TriCore.

For release notes prior to v6.2r2, please visit the TASKING TriCore support website.

Contents

• Important Notices
• Fixed Issues in v6.2r2p2
• Fixed Issues in v6.2r2p1
• Uninstalling the Patch
• License Information

Important Notices

This patch contains changes to the following components:

• TriCore C++ compiler
• TriCore C compiler
• TriCore assembler
• TriCore control program (for C++ compiler invocations)
• The stdbool.h header file (when used in C++ code)
• TriCore libc++ header files
• TriCore STLport C++ header files
• SFR files for AURIX 2G

Please note that the TriCore libraries have been rebuilt. These libraries are also part of this patch.

Fixed Issues in v6.2r2p2

Fixed Problems

• TCVX-40525 - C compiler error F103: out of memory
• TCVX-43237 - Assembler astc: truncates command line option listing in generated object file
• TCVX-43309 - Compiler reorders memory accesses to potentially aliasing locations
• TCVX-43429 - Compound literals generate incorrect code in recursive functions
• TCVX-43464 - Perennial C P64072 fails on overlapping struct initialization
• TCVX-43549 - C compiler error ctc S900: internal consistency check failed
• TCVX-43603 - C++ example using unordered map container does not build
• TCVX-43620 - Incorrect conversion of an if-else statement to an expression

Fixed Issues in v6.2r2p1

Fixed Problems

• TCVX-42969 - Support EABI v3.0 compliant structure alignment in the C++ compiler (--eabi=W)
• TCVX-43239 - C++ compiler warning W2639 when pragma section is used within extern "C"
• TCVX-43386 - STLport C++ header files contain unnecessarily complex references to TASKING STL header files
• TCVX-43440 - C++ compiler error when using stdbool.h
• TCVX-43481 - C++ compiler does not allow section renaming for class static variables
• TCVX-43495 - C++ compiler option --eabi=H assumes a minimum alignment of 4 for a struct/union larger than 1 byte
• TCVX-43498 - C++ compiler alignment of "long long" with --eabi=H is 8 instead of 4
• TCVX-43516 - Support EABI v3.0 compliant character bitfields in the C++ compiler (--eabi=C)
• TCVX-43519 - SFR files allow unaligned access to GTM registers for TC3xx
• TCVX-43521 - C++ compiler using C++ 2003 standard cannot process _Pragma(...)

Uninstalling the Patch

After installation of this patch, the directory backup_patch2 is present in the installation directory of the product.

1. Copy the contents of directory backup_patch2 to the installation directory. This way you overwrite the files installed by the patch.
2. Remove directory backup_patch2.

License Information

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