Re: eCos on AT91SAM9 - call to action

[Frank Pagliughi <fpagliughi@mindspring.com>]

On 06/16/2011 10:16 AM, John Eigelaar wrote:
>>> Has anyone started work on the SAM3's?
>>> How can I help?
>> I am not aware of anyone working with eCos on AT91SAM3 hardware. There
>> are existing Cortex-M variant ports for eCos on LM3S8xx, LPC17xx and
>> STM32 processor families so I would expect variant support for AT91SAM3
>> to be fairly straightforward. Hopefully some of the existing AT91
>> drivers can be reused for AT91SAM3.
>>
>> I am sure that others within the eCos community will be interested in
>> variant support for AT91SAM3. Be sure to let us all know if/when you
>> start work on this.
>
> We, Keystone Electronic Solutions, did a port for the AT91SAM3U. The
> port was completed and was using most of the AT91 drivers from the SAM7
> family. We have, however, decided to use an STM32 part instead of the
> SAM3. The port is still available if anybody is interested
>

Errr. Yeah. I guess you could send it to me. But maybe it would be 
better to formally submit it to eCos, and I can jump on it to test, 
validate, and patch if necessary. Plus I'm looking more to the SAM3S for 
this project, so could use your port to expand the offerings to a couple 
different SAM3 chip sets.

But I suppose the sooner the better. I'm also considering the STM32 for 
the upgrade, so better to get this done before I change my mind, like 
you did!

Thanks,
Frank