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Linux Ported to ColdFire

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the aint-that-nifty dept.

iKON writes "Moreton Bay has ported linux to Motorola's ColdFire processer. " You can visit the porting projects page here for more information too.

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  1. RTEMS ported to ColdFire by Dave+Fiddes · · Score: 1

    Actually this was done a while ago. If you are after a more real-time solution than linux can give then have a look at RTEMS.

    http://www.oarcorp.com has the scoop on getting RTEMS

    a Board Support Package(i.e. drivers, startup code, etc) can be found at my web page

    http://www.calm.hw.ac.uk/davidf/coldfire/

  2. Build me one! by Ami+Ganguli · · Score: 1

    If somebody packages one of these in a modem-sized box with some memory, ethernet, perrallel, and serial port, I'll buy a fiew.


    The cost should be under $200 (the chip is less than $20) and they'd make great print servers and fax servers.


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  3. Ooooh, I want one of these! by mholve · · Score: 1


    Hehehe. :)

  4. suh-mooooooooooooooooooooth by tzanger · · Score: 1

    I was hoping I could use those boards for something. EDN ran an ad about a year and a half ago where you could get them, a trial compiler and tools for $100USD. I bought three.

    Now they run Linux. I modified the one to run an MDA (they did not bring the MEMR/ MEMW/ lines to the ISA bus) and they'll run a standard ethernet card. I'm happy now. Very happy.

    Just another time-killer to add to my ever-increasing pile of tech goodies. :-)

  5. Hardware ? by Tsk · · Score: 1

    On what kind of Hardware does this port runs On ?

    Is there a gcc that knows anything on the Coldfire ? or is it just raw 68k emulation provided by the Coldfire ?


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  6. Imagine the Beowulf I could make! by ed_the_unready · · Score: 1

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  7. What the heck is coldfire anyway by cthonious · · Score: 1

    I want to know when we'll be seing laptops runnng one of these cool low power off shoot CPUs and LINUX ...

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  8. No Subject Given by rcooper · · Score: 1

    apparently all that was important for this individual was that 'First comment'. People can
    be so outrageously stupid sometimes.

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  9. Information about the ColdFire by Mark+Evans · · Score: 1

    Here's a link to information on the ColdFire processor. It's basically a 68K core targeted at the embedded market.

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  10. 3.27 BogoMIPS by rabbit · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't call anything capable of running Linux, let alone a full 32-bit CPU, "low end". This is quite a decent processor in any of its iterations.

    But, CPUs like these hit a sweet spot for embedded developers who look for:

    low power consumption
    low part price - enough MIPs for a specific app
    low price to build a system using said part
    high reliability (would you really use something with the Pentium's instruction set and architecture in a medical application?)

    -t.

  11. 3.27 BogoMIPS by TA · · Score: 1

    I don't know what Coldfire is either, but finally there's something with a lower BogoMIPS count than my computers ;-)
    TA

  12. Derived from uClinux by mdurrant · · Score: 1

    For those interested in micro controller Linux check out the uClinux home page from which the uClinux/Coldfire project was derived. Work is being done to bring the cold fire patchs back into the main tree of uClinux as we speak. Great work guys!

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