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[docs] fix outdated GNU GCC toolchain link in qemu-vexpress-a9 README - #11794

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[docs] fix outdated GNU GCC toolchain link in qemu-vexpress-a9 README#11794
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Problem

bsp/qemu-vexpress-a9/README.md tells Linux users to download the GNU GCC
toolchain from a launchpad.net URL. Launchpad shut down its gcc-arm-embedded
downloads years ago — the URL now returns 503 — and the tarball it names is a
2016 Q3 build (gcc 5.4).

Change

  • Point the link to Arm GNU Toolchain Downloads, the same page already
    referenced by bsp/nxp/imx/imx91/README.md. The old gnu-rm page covers the
    GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain, which Arm has superseded.
  • Mention installing the toolchain from the distribution package manager, with
    Debian/Ubuntu given as one example, since rtconfig.py already defaults
    EXEC_PATH to /usr/bin. libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib is listed because
    LFLAGS links with -lsupc++; binutils-arm-none-eabi is pulled in as a
    dependency of gcc-arm-none-eabi and does not need to be named.
  • Note RTT_EXEC_PATH for users who prefer Arm's prebuilt tarball.

This BSP has no English README, so no counterpart file needs the same edit.

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shiptux force-pushed the docs/qemu-vexpress-readme branch from 1239b05 to 4b50fed Compare September 10, 2026 05:53
The link points to launchpad.net, which shut down its gcc-arm-embedded
downloads years ago (the URL now returns 503), and the tarball it names
is a 2016 Q3 build (gcc 5.4).

- Point to Arm GNU Toolchain Downloads, matching the link already used
  in bsp/nxp/imx/imx91/README.md. The old gnu-rm page covers the
  GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain, which Arm has superseded.
- Mention installing the toolchain from the distribution package
  manager, with Debian/Ubuntu as an example, since rtconfig.py already
  defaults EXEC_PATH to /usr/bin. libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib is
  listed because LFLAGS links with -lsupc++.
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shiptux force-pushed the docs/qemu-vexpress-readme branch from 4b50fed to da974df Compare September 10, 2026 14:48
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