Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Karl Hiramoto <karl@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] arm or armeb?
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:53:10
Message-Id: 48E6079F.2090508@hiramoto.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] arm or armeb? by Jean-Marc Beaune
1 Jean-Marc Beaune wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > The details:
5 >
6 > - Processor: 16/32 bit *AT91SAM7X256* (ARM7TDMI-S™)
7 > - 256 K Flash
8 > - 64 K RAM
9 > - USB 2.0
10 > - Ethernet 10/100 Mbits
11 > - 2 x RS-232
12 > - ADC (10 bits), CAN, 2 x UARTs, TWI(I2C), 2 x SPI, 3 x timers
13 > 32bit, SSC, 4 x PWM, WDT, PDC (DMA)
14 > - Frequency up to 55 MHz
15 > - JTAG connector (ARM's 2 x 10 pins - ARM-JTAG compatible)
16 > - Color TFT 128 x 128 pixels
17 > - SD™/MMC™
18 > - Mini-joystick
19 > - Loudspeaker
20 > - Audio input/output
21 > - Crystal 18,432 MHz sur support
22 > - RESET buton
23 > - Dimension: 128 x 98 mm
24 >
25 > The question is not specifically for this hardware but more "when to
26 > choose arm and when to choose armeb" ?
27 >
28 > Thank you
29 >
30 AFIK, you can't run linux on an ARM TDMI with 64K of RAM :-)
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33 Using the same endianess as your bootloader will save you from byte
34 swapping. If you can use the same endianness as the rest of your HW,
35 it will save the byte sapping operations and may make your system faster.
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38 Some people prefer little endian, because other SW/ drivers has bugs on
39 little endian machines.
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42 More about endianness you can probably get from googl'ing.
43
44 --
45 Karl

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