# Arm-gcc compiler , IAR embedded workbench debugger

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/arm-gcc-compiler-iar-embedded-workbench-debugger/12915>\
**Category:** MicroMod\
**Tags:** arm-lpc\
**Created:** [October 14, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/arm-gcc-compiler-iar-embedded-workbench-debugger/12915 "2009-10-14T10:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mishu.daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mishu.daniel](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/mishu.daniel)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/arm-gcc-compiler-iar-embedded-workbench-debugger/12915/1 "2009-10-14T10:37:37Z")

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Hi all,

I’m not sure if this is the right section for this topic so please move it where it suits for.

I worked until now with arm7, at the beginning with Open OCD and then I moved to IAR due to the instability and slow motion of Eclipse. I would like now to buy a board which support uClinux but I’m afraid I will face the same issues on Open OCD.

I know that uClinux cannot be compiled with IAR compiler but I’m wondering if I could use arm-gcc to compile it and IAR to debug it (??)

Thanks for any help.

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**Author:** ![mishu.daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mishu.daniel](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/mishu.daniel)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/arm-gcc-compiler-iar-embedded-workbench-debugger/12915/2 "2009-10-20T07:12:36Z")

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Nobody has tried this before?

I have also a debugger from olimex but first time when I started working with OpenOCD and AT91SAM7EX256 Eclipse was running very slowly and I seen also a lot of issues. I don’t know how stable is this IDE right now but working on linux on a bad IDE is not very pleasant.

Thanks.