[ECOS] Support for 16 bit microcontrollers/-processors ?

[Bart Veer]

>>>>> "Matthias" == Huber, Matthias 6667 SFA-31 <Matthias.Huber@de.heidelberg.com> writes:

    Matthias> Hello,
    Matthias> simple question:
    Matthias> Does eCos support 16 bit
    Matthias> microcontrollers/microprocessors like the Siemens C167 ?

    Matthias> I would be thankful for any information,
    Matthias> Matthias Huber

The processors currently supported
( http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/hardware.html ) are either 32-bit ones
or 64-bit ones used in 32-bit mode. The closest to a 16-bit processor
would be the ARM running in thumb mode. So far Red Hat has not been
contracted to port to e.g. the Siemens part, and nobody has
contributed such a port either.

It should be possible to run eCos on some 16-bit processors. The main
prerequisite is that there is a gcc port to that processor - using any
other compiler is unsupported. I do not know the current state (if
any) of gcc for the C167, you may want to check the gcc mailing lists
for more information.

Bart Veer // eCos net maintainer