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Re: eCos on 80186
- From: Bart Veer <bartv at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: brunogon at terra dot com dot br
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:20:03 +0100 (BST)
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] eCos on 80186
- References: <IE2PKX$AC7ACEE6F926EFADC320F017C360725A@terra.com.br>
>>>>> "Bruno" == Bruno Cabral Goncalves <brunogon@terra.com.br> writes:
Bruno> I read on archieves that is possible run eCos on 16 bits
Bruno> processor, but I would like known if someone have did this
Bruno> port, and if possible what I need do to do this port to a
Bruno> aMD 80186 processor
The term "16 bit processor" is poorly defined.
In the case of an 80186, an eCos port is unlikely. eCos depends on gcc
and the compiler only supports 386 onwards. Both gcc and eCos assume a
simple linear address space, not the segment/offset complications in
early x86 processors.
Bart
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