[coldfire-gnu-discuss] Programming Flash Memory

Sandra Loosemore sandra at codesourcery.com
Wed May 21 16:28:17 UTC 2008


Kay Dohmann wrote:

> Ah, should have asked before. I've searched all over if this is 
> supported and what I found was the note in the Release Notes in the 
> Getting-Started document saying:
> "*Programming of ColdFire Flash devices.* The Sourcery G++ Debug Sprite 
> now supports programming
> of internal ColdFire Flash (CFM) devices. Applications built using 
> ROM-based linker
> scripts are automatically loaded into flash memory when run from the 
> debugger."

Hmmm, thanks for the documentation bug report.  We've recently been moving from 
a one-size-fits-all Getting Started guide to trying to tailor it for the 
features of specific release configurations, and we clearly missed this case.

> That was why I thought it should work. Anyway, just to be sure, would 
> this work with the mcf52235 after buying another edition? And can I try 
> it first with the evaluation version, or is this version also cutted 
> (other that in use time periode)?

We do provide a m52235evb board package.  The 30-day free evaluation period is 
for the full product edition and includes support during that time if you run 
into any problems getting things set up.

-Sandra




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