Linux To Gain Another Chip Family 141
An anonymous reader submits "Freescale will unveil the first ColdFire processors ever to include a memory management unit (MMU), and therefore able to run full-scale Linux, this week at the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, Calif. The chips cost $17 - $25, and are used mostly in industrial control and factory automation. Simultaneously, Freescale tools subsidiary Metrowerks announced plans to offer Linux development tools for Coldfire chips, which previously had been restricted to running uClinux due to the lack of an MMU."
But..... (Score:0, Funny)
Wait a minute.....
Had to be said... (Score:2, Funny)
on chip stuff (Score:5, Funny)
Dammit apple, I just bought a brand new eMac only months ago, and now they're putting them on-chip for under $30!
Re:Metrowerks (Score:3, Funny)
Wow (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yay! (Score:3, Funny)
Rats, my universal translator is broken.
Re:ColdFire is *already* supported in Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah! Way to serve the guy who wrote the support for the earlier ColdFire chips! Greg was obviously talking out his ass and doesn't know anything about the code he wrote. IT'S ON!
Re:on chip stuff (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This underscores the need for software freedom. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:New Amigas (Score:2, Funny)
I remember days from before those days, too. I remember many different days. But I don't remember the Amiga except for some stuff about video toaster special effects I saw at a science fiction convention one time. Where was I going with this? I don't know, but what the hell.
Linux supports Cold Fire.. (Score:2, Funny)
Rush fans everywhere rejoice!
Damn (Score:1, Funny)
I've got to admit that the thing is finally going to die at some point.