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Linux To Gain Another Chip Family

Posted by timothy on from the assimilation-nation dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Freescale will unveil the first ColdFire processors ever to include a memory management unit (MMU), and therefore able to run full-scale Linux, this week at the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, Calif. The chips cost $17 - $25, and are used mostly in industrial control and factory automation. Simultaneously, Freescale tools subsidiary Metrowerks announced plans to offer Linux development tools for Coldfire chips, which previously had been restricted to running uClinux due to the lack of an MMU."

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  1. But..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Can it run Linux????

    Wait a minute.....

  2. Had to be said... by c0dedude · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah but do they run... oh... wait... nevermind.

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  3. on chip stuff by baryon351 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Other key features of the new MCF547x and MCF548x ColdFire processors include on-chip FPU and eMAC

    Dammit apple, I just bought a brand new eMac only months ago, and now they're putting them on-chip for under $30!

    1. Re:on chip stuff by MikeXpop · · Score: 2, Funny

      Man did you get ripped off. The other day I downloaded emacs for FREE!

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  4. Re:Metrowerks by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 2, Funny

    must learn to feed links properly

  5. Wow by iminplaya · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cold fusion processors... Is it real or is...oh, nevermind...

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  6. Re:Yay! by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Finally! A day will come where I can get a processor with MM and NX bit on a mobile motherboard featuring MXM interface. "

    Rats, my universal translator is broken.

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  7. Re:ColdFire is *already* supported in Linux by pyrrhonist · · Score: 4, Funny
    That was put there for 68ks such as the 68EC060 which had no MMU, not coldfire

    Yeah! Way to serve the guy who wrote the support for the earlier ColdFire chips! Greg was obviously talking out his ass and doesn't know anything about the code he wrote. IT'S ON!

    /*
    * crt0_ram.S -- startup code for MCF5206 ColdFire Arnewsh board.
    *
    * (C) Copyright 1999-2002, Greg Ungerer (gerg@snapgear.com).
    *
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  8. Re:This underscores the need for software freedom. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stallman, is that you?

  9. Re:New Amigas by Breakfast+Cereal · · Score: 2, Funny
    SunOS 4.1.2 ran pretty well at 25 MHz. I remember the days when an 8 MHz machine was fast. You had to press this button marked TURBO, as if you're sitting there thinking, Gosh, this machine is just dog slow! What can I do to make it go faster? Wait, I know! I'll press the TURBO button!

    I remember days from before those days, too. I remember many different days. But I don't remember the Amiga except for some stuff about video toaster special effects I saw at a science fiction convention one time. Where was I going with this? I don't know, but what the hell.

  10. Linux supports Cold Fire.. by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rush fans everywhere rejoice!

  11. Damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That $30 chip is almost twice as fast as my combination (web/ftp/print/useless crap)server. If it has above 32M of memory, it has more RAM also.

    I've got to admit that the thing is finally going to die at some point.