Re: ANN: SwiftX for ARM and i386

"Jeff Massung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Jeff Massung wrote:
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> >> "Elizabeth D Rather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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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.
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> >> I was actually curious which ARM it targets? StrongARM? or lower
> >> models (like the 7TDMI or 9?)
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> > 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?
> >
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> 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.
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> Also, does SwiftX support the THUMB instruction set as well?

No, at this point we see no compelling reason to support the THUMB.
We will be adding more ARM variants as we encounter them.

Cheers,
Elizabeth
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