This project is aimed to provide support for GCCfss (GCC for SPARC Systems) and GCC 4.x compilers in OpenSolaris.
The initial set of source patches to OpenSolaris, so that it can be built by GCC for SPARC Systems and GCC 4.X compilers has been posted on tools-gcc mailing list or you can jumpdirectly to the webrev.
GCC For SPARC Systems is based on the GCC 4.x compilers and the Sun Studio optimizing back end. The current release is based on GCC 4.0.4. Download and install instructions are available. The installation process has been simplified in this release. The compilers can be installed in any directory where the user has write/execute permission.
GCC For SPARC Systems brings the performance and robustness of the Sun Studio C and C++ to GCC. We have augmented the GCC command line options with many available to Sun Studio user.