[coldfire-gnu-discuss] Getting started when firmware is located in ColdFire internal FLASH.

[Nathan Sidwell]

Mark Mitchell wrote:

> We are currently working on adding flash support for a variety of chips
> directly to Sourcery G++.  Our initial targets are chips that implement
> the Intel and AMD flash protocols.  (That is not related to the x86
> instruction set; it's a protocol used for programming the flash chips.)
>  Do you happen to know if the internal flash in the ColdFire chips
> supports that?

At least one CF chip (m5485) uses the Intel protocol for its internal flash.  I 
have not checked the other cpus yet.

> Nathan, do you know if the current versions of the sprite, as provided
> with the Professional Edition, support the internal flash on the
> M52235EVB boards?

No.  It will be supported with the flash update you mentioned.

nathan
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