June 6 ARM7 compilers

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We have been and currently are still using the GNU ARM toolchain with OpenOCD. (see other posts)
For a long time we have looked at other compilers to see if it would help make the FORTE footprint smaller. Especially looking for a way to try using thumb instructions.  Various tries did not work. ARM GNU looks like they have a now have t-arm-elf version.

This post will be used to document what we find out.

For a start a link collection:

• what is difference between arm-elf and arm-eabi?
• http://www.openhardware.net/Embedded_ARM/Toolchain/
• http://www.emb4fun.com/arm/gabmt/index.html