From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: ecos-announce@sources.redhat.com Subject: eCos x86 HAL improvements and other additions Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:58:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B23DF4F.A1E6957@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001/msg00004.html Red Hat are pleased to announce that many improvements have been made to the eCos x86 HAL. The HAL has been reorganized, and the PC target enhanced with PCI and RedBoot support. Networking support for Intel EtherExpress Pro compatible network cards has also been incorporated, including downloading and debugging via RedBoot. Red Hat would like to thank Fabrice Gautier, whose initial work on PCI and RedBoot support for x86 provided the basis for these changes. Prebuilt RedBoot binaries for the PC, suitable for writing to a floppy disk are available linked off http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/boards/pcmobo.html As part of the reorganization, the Linux synthetic target support has been separated out into its own HAL, and a number of improvements have been made. It should be noted that these changes require the use of updated host side configuration tools. As yet, only the command line tools have been updated, although the graphical tools will also be updated shortly. Go to http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/anoncvs.html to find out how to obtain the latest versions of the host side tools. Additionally, support has been added in the C library for multiple character sets, including provisional support for being able to plug in additional character sets easily. Character sets supported are now SJIS, EUCJP and JIS which are all Japanese character sets; using the C-SJIS, C-EUCJP and C-JIS locales respectively. Finally, a flash driver for the AM33 STB platform has been added. As usual, all these latest changes are available from the eCos anonymous CVS repository. Go to http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/ for more details. As a reminder, Red Hat are able to provide a wide range of engineering services, including porting, drivers, customization, technical support, training (including on-site training) and extensions of functionality to eCos and RedBoot. If you would be interested in _any_ of these aspects, just e-mail ecos-info@redhat.com. Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062