I downloaded SDK_2_12_1_MIMX8MM3xxxLZ for mu Ubuntu 22.04 and I was able to compile the several demo_apps for board evkmimx8mm using the toolchain gcc-arm-11.2-2022.02-x86_64-arm-none-eabi. After I installed the new toolchain arm-gnu-toolchain-12.2.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi the demo_apps cannot be compiled anymore with this kind of errors:
/home/ubuntu/mcuxpresso/iMX8M-Mini/SDK_2_12_1_MIMX8MM3xxxLZ/devices/MIMX8MM6/utilities/fsl_sbrk.c:22:1: error: unknown type name 'caddr_t'
22 | caddr_t _sbrk(int incr);
and moreover
/home/ubuntu/mcuxpresso/iMX8M-Mini/SDK_2_12_1_MIMX8MM3xxxLZ/devices/MIMX8MM6/utilities/fsl_sbrk.c:38:10: error: 'uintptr_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
38 | if ((uintptr_t)heap_end + (uintptr_t)incr > (uintptr_t)(&heap_limit))
| ^~~~~~~~~
/home/ubuntu/mcuxpresso/iMX8M-Mini/SDK_2_12_1_MIMX8MM3xxxLZ/devices/MIMX8MM6/utilities/fsl_sbrk.c:11:1: note: 'uintptr_t' is defined in header '<stdint.h>'; did you forget to '#include <stdint.h>'?
10 | #include <errno.h> +++ |+#include <stdint.h> 11 | #endif
Does the SDK need a fix?
I understand NXP position, but I want to highlight a couple of things:
I understand that you can "force" the developer to stay with old well-tested release of toolchain, but soon or later an update is necessary (for whatever reason).
Is there any chance that a newer release is validated with SDK in the next few months?