Intel X-Scale

[Michael Kelly]

Brett,

Yes, the IXP4xx family uses the same core, but with ethernet 
and PCI.  I do not know if the other peripherals like serial are
the same as PXA255.

Michael

At 04:28 PM 8/20/2003, Brett Swimley wrote:
>Michael - Thanks for the response.  I'll check out the website and educate myself a bit more.
>I think we're looking specifically at the IXP420 Network Processor,  
>which (correct me if I'm wrong) would be similar to the PXA255 with different peripherals.
>
>Regards,
>
>Brett
>
>Michael Kelly wrote:
>
>>Brett,
>>
>>Much solid work has already been done for ARM by OAR (Joel?) and
>>by Jay Monkman.  The architecture work should be nearly 100%
>>the same as the MMU and cache models are identical.  Obviously
>>there will be peripheral differences, but you can look at our boot
>>monitor (umon) source code for init and simple polled drivers for the
>>PXA255, serial, LCD and SDRAM.  The link to the umon source is
>>on our web site (www.cogcomp.com).  We are planning an RTEMS port
>>to our CSB352 PXA255 board, but it wouldn't ready be until Oct. or Nov.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Michael
>>
>>At 03:54 PM 8/20/2003, Brett Swimley wrote:
>> 
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>We're looking at several flavors of Intel X scale processors for possible use in upcoming projects and I'm just starting to familiarize myself with them. Do these processors have support and/or BSP's developed for RTEMS?
>>>
>>>I haven't done much research yet, but I get the indication that these are ARM processors....
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Brett Swimley
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>Michael J. Kelly
>>VP Engineering/Marketing
>>Cogent Computer Systems, Inc.
>>1130 Ten Rod Road
>>Suite A-201
>>North Kingstown, RI 02852
>>tel:401-295-6505 fax:401-295-6507
>>www.cogcomp.com
>>alternate email: mkelly6505 at hotmail.com
>> 
>

Michael J. Kelly
VP Engineering/Marketing
Cogent Computer Systems, Inc.
1130 Ten Rod Road
Suite A-201
North Kingstown, RI 02852
tel:401-295-6505 fax:401-295-6507
www.cogcomp.com
alternate email: mkelly6505 at hotmail.com