On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 14:06:41 +0200, Tom Mayer wrote: > I plan to use the lm3s9b92 chip from luminary (already got 2 samples :)) > with uClinux. I plan to design hardware with 16mb sdram and 4mb flash. From > my research that should be plenty of space for uClinux. > > This is a cortex-m3 controller. I discovered some patches so it seems that > it would be supported.
do these patches add thumb-2 support to the arm assembly code sections? if not so, you would probably have to add thumb-2 code to support cortex-m3. > My fear is NIC/LAN driver. This chip is really perfect - including MAC and > PHY on chip. Is there anyone who already made some steps in using this > controller with uClinux? no. but according to the data sheet it looks quite straight forward, so I doubt there are obstacles for writing it from scratch. > Would be nice if someone experienced could point out if this chip is > usable with the uClinux project. Maybe there are circumstances that make > the chip unusable? as of now, looks like someone would need to do the whole port. adding driver support might be more work than the cortex-m3 stuff. so no problem. theoretically... Oskar -- oskar schirmer, emlix gmbh, http://www.emlix.com fon +49 551 30664-0, fax -11, bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 göttingen, germany sitz der gesellschaft: göttingen, amtsgericht göttingen hr b 3160 geschäftsführer: dr. uwe kracke, ust-idnr.: de 205 198 055 emlix - your embedded linux partner _______________________________________________ uClinux-dev mailing list uClinux-dev@uclinux.org http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org To unsubscribe see: http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev
