# str912fw44 and gcc

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/str912fw44-and-gcc/5386>\
**Category:** Kernel\
**Created:** [November 16, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/str912fw44-and-gcc/5386 "2006-11-16T22:31:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/str912fw44-and-gcc/5386/1 "2006-11-16T22:31:09Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Thursday, November 16, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/eb2b45a3/#573a):

I would like to compile free rtos for str912 microcontroller. Why should I use IAR compilers and not GCC? Are there any problems building a toolchain for ARM9 with gcc?

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/str912fw44-and-gcc/5386/2 "2006-11-17T12:58:34Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Friday, November 17, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/eb2b45a3/#573a/4219):

There is no reason why you could not use GCC.&nbsp; There is not a base demo project for you to use in the FreeRTOS download, but you could create your own.&nbsp; I would suggest using one of the ARM7 GCC projects as a base, I think the FreeRTOS ARM7 and ARM9 ports are the same essentially.