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[Bug 1000761] eCos support for MPC5xxx MCUs


http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000761





--- Comment #4 from Jochen Gerster <Jochen.Gerster@freescale.com>  2009-05-12 23:10:55 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> At first glance, the contribution provides a new "PowerPC e200" architectural
> HAL which is used as the basis for all the contributed platforms. There are
> variant HALs for MPC55xx, MPC5568 and MP551x. There are also CAN, ethernet, SPI
> and serial drivers relating to the supported targets.
> 
> Jochen, can you explain why you chose to support this range of processors using
> a new architectural HAL package rather than using the existing PowerPC
> architectural HAL package and providing a variant HAL package for MPC5xxx?
> 
> Note to the eCos maintainers: the copyright headers will need updating
> 

Well, the main reason is the e200 core needs major adjustments on arch level.
So to keep it simple, I created a new branch out of the original powerpc arch
folder --> e200 folder and worked with that.

John, Do you want to merge them again?


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