[coldfire-gnu-discuss] GCC Clobbering Branch Predict Bit in CF3 Cores

[Oliver Betz]

David Brown wrote:

> This list still works - I got your post - but I doubt if there are many
> people actively following it.  There are not many people using the
> Coldfire these days - it's sad, since it is such a nice cpu core, but

correct.

> economics have made ARM dominant.  CodeSourcery have kept these mailing

you get really nice ARM Cortex derivatives with very advanced 
peripherals these days at a rather competitive price.

Of course, it lacks the 68000 (PDP-11) smell, but who cares?

> lists open, but I think most users will use the web-based forums, so it
> is worth posting there too.
> 
> (I only ever used the Coldfire v2 cores, so I can't help you on your
> question.)

I also used only the V2 until a "proof of concept" state, and if I 
ever had to re-animate this product, I used some ARM Cortex flavour.

Oliver