Re: ANN: SwiftX for ARM and i386

rickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> Jeff Massung wrote:
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>> "Elizabeth D Rather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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>> > "rickman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >> Elizabeth D Rather wrote:
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>> >> > * SwiftX/ARM for the ARM family, featuring the Atmel AT91x40 and
>> >> > EB40 board. It's a 32-bit implementation using a serial port for
>> >> > the XTL.
>> 
>> I was actually curious which ARM it targets? StrongARM? or lower
>> models (like the 7TDMI or 9?)
> 
> The Atmel EB40 board uses a 7TMDI processor so clearly SwiftX supports
> that processor at least.  I was under the impression that this same
> code should run on all higher processors, no?  
> 

Yes, but later models also have more features to work with. For example,
starting with the ARM9, "SWI rm" is a valid instruction, while on the
ARM7TDMI, only "SWI #" is. 

Also, does SwiftX support the THUMB instruction set as well?

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