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diff --git a/AltOS/index.mdwn b/AltOS/index.mdwn index 72e8cdc..1656283 100644 --- a/AltOS/index.mdwn +++ b/AltOS/index.mdwn @@ -37,10 +37,15 @@ The latest source, which may include unreleased work in progress, is always available from [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) in the project [fw/altos](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/altos;a=summary). -If you need to debug code on an Altus Metrum product, you may want our special -version of SDCC containing a highly modified sdcdb with support for the cc1111 -debugging interface, which you can find on [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) -in the project [fw/sdcc](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/sdcc;a=summary). This is +If you need to debug code on an Altus Metrum product, or want to do custom +development, you need a 2.X version of SDCC. Version 3.X adds features that +bloat the code generated on 8051 enough to overflow the available flash memory +size. As a result, we maintain a fork of SDCC we call 'cc1111' that is based +on the last upstream version of SDCC 2.X, plus a highly modified sdcdb with +support for the cc1111 debugging interface. This is avilable as a package in +Debian, or you can find the sources on [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) +in the project +[debian/cc1111](http://git.gag.com/?p=debian/cc1111;a=summary). This is not necessary if you just want to rebuild AltOS and use it. ## Future Plans ## |