Update GCC (in doc and docker) to GCC14 (Arm GNU Toolchain Version 14.3.Rel1 Released: July 03, 2025, https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/arm-gnu-toolchain-downloads)

Author: JF002

.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "env": {
         // TODO: This is a duplication of the configuration set in /docker/build.sh!
         "TOOLS_DIR": "/opt",
-        "GCC_ARM_PATH": "gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10"
+        "GCC_ARM_PATH": "arm-gnu-toolchain-14.3.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi"
     },
     "configurations": [
         {

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 "continue"
             ],
             // Only use armToolchainPath if your arm-none-eabi-gdb is not in your path (some GCC packages does not contain arm-none-eabi-gdb)
-            "armToolchainPath": "${workspaceRoot}/../gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10/bin",
+            "armToolchainPath": "${workspaceRoot}/../arm-gnu-toolchain-14.3.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi/bin",
             "svdFile": "${workspaceRoot}/nrf52.svd",
             "configFiles": [
                 "interface/stlink.cfg",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "servertype": "external",
             // FIXME: This is hardcoded. I have no idea how to use the values set in build.sh here
-            "gdbPath": "/opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb",
+            "gdbPath": "/opt/arm-gnu-toolchain-14.3.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb",
             // Connect to an already running OpenOCD instance
             "gdbTarget": "host.docker.internal:3333",
             "svdFile": "${workspaceRoot}/nrf52.svd",

doc/buildAndProgram.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 To build this project, you'll need:
 
-- A cross-compiler : [ARM-GCC (10.3-2021.10)](https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/gnu-rm)
+- A cross-compiler : [ARM-GCC 14.3-Rel1 from July 03, 2025 (AArch32 bare-metal target (arm-none-eabi))](https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/arm-gnu-toolchain-downloads)
 - The NRF52 SDK 15.3.0 : [nRF-SDK v15.3.0](https://nsscprodmedia.blob.core.windows.net/prod/software-and-other-downloads/sdks/nrf5/binaries/nrf5sdk153059ac345.zip)
 - The Python 3 modules `cbor`, `intelhex`, `click` and `cryptography` modules for the `mcuboot` tool (see [requirements.txt](../tools/mcuboot/requirements.txt))
   - To keep the system clean, you can install python modules into a python virtual environment (`venv`)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ CMake configures the project according to variables you specify the command line
 
  Variable | Description | Example|
 ----------|-------------|--------|
-**ARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH**|path to the toolchain directory|`-DARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/home/jf/nrf52/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10/`|
+**ARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH**|path to the toolchain directory|`-DARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/home/jf/nrf52/arm-gnu-toolchain-14.3.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi/`|
 **NRF5_SDK_PATH**|path to the NRF52 SDK|`-DNRF5_SDK_PATH=/home/jf/nrf52/Pinetime/sdk`|
 **CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (\*)**| Build type (Release or Debug). Release is applied by default if this variable is not specified.|`-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug`
 **BUILD_DFU (\*\*)**|Build DFU files while building (needs [adafruit-nrfutil](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil)).|`-DBUILD_DFU=1`

doc/buildWithVScode.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To support as many setups as possible the VS Code configuration files expect the
 
  Variable | Description | Example
 ----------|-------------|--------
-**ARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH**|path to the toolchain directory|`export ARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10`
+**ARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH**|path to the toolchain directory|`export ARM_NONE_EABI_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/opt/arm-gnu-toolchain-14.3.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi`
 **NRF5_SDK_PATH**|path to the NRF52 SDK|`export NRF5_SDK_PATH=/opt/nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345`
 
 ## VS Code Extensions

docker/build.sh

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export NPM_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/npm"
 export npm_config_cache="${NPM_DIR}"
 
 export BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE:=Release}
-export GCC_ARM_VER=${GCC_ARM_VER:="10.3-2021.10"}
+export GCC_ARM_VER=${GCC_ARM_VER:="14.3.rel1"}
 export NRF_SDK_VER=${NRF_SDK_VER:="nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345"}
 # convert to lower case and remove _ and . character
 # the download URL uses the SLUG, but the extracted folder is named like the original value
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export NRF_SDK_VER_SLUG=${NRF_SDK_VER_SLUG//[_.]/}
 MACHINE="$(uname -m)"
 [ "$MACHINE" = "arm64" ] && MACHINE="aarch64"
 
-export GCC_ARM_PATH="gcc-arm-none-eabi-$GCC_ARM_VER"
+export GCC_ARM_PATH="arm-gnu-toolchain-$GCC_ARM_VER-$MACHINE-arm-none-eabi"
 
 main() {
   local target="$1"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ main() {
 }
 
 GetGcc() {
-  wget -q https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-rm/$GCC_ARM_VER/$GCC_ARM_PATH-$MACHINE-linux.tar.bz2 -O - | tar -xj -C $TOOLS_DIR/
+  wget -q https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu/$GCC_ARM_VER/binrel/$GCC_ARM_PATH.tar.xz -O - | tar -xJ -C $TOOLS_DIR/
   if [ ! -d "$TOOLS_DIR/$GCC_ARM_PATH" ]; then
     echo "missing GCC path: $TOOLS_DIR/$GCC_ARM_PATH"
     return 1