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Here is a list of problems I fixed to get the new compilers working :
 - Don't call directly ld, instead call gcc -o. Why ? because ld can't find properly path to libgcc.a ...
 - Consequently, some link parameters need to be changed :
    "--script bart.lnk" → "-T bart.lnk"
    "-Map main_elf.map" → "-Wl,-Map=main_elf.map"
 - Some signed/unsigned mess that need to be fixed ... old compiler was quiet about this, which made me not worrying about data signedness ^^;
 - Removed volatile keyword in function declaration ... it actually didn't made sense to use volatile elsewhere than in data declaration !
    /* Exit to multiplayer. */
    //(**(volatile void(**)(void))0x600026C)();
    (**(void(**)(void))0x600026C)();
 - Removed SBL sources that were used to read file from CDROM, because they don't compile properly except in -O0 (non) optimisation mode ... Instead, I use source from great CyberWarriorX library

The first one is "only" a cleaned-up, partially re-routed version of "Rev 1c ()" cartridge I used to sold on this homepage last year.
Can you spot major and minor differences between Rev 1c and new version ?

When I will be out of the hospital, I plan provide them for sale as USB dev cart .