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[ECOS] Re: eCos on 16bit processors?

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Vlasov <vlas@dicomp.ru> writes:

    Andrew> Hi, all! There's no free good RTOS&development tools for
    Andrew> small 16bit microcontrollers!

    Andrew>     Is it possible to port eCos kernel into small 16bit
    Andrew> systems, that use MC68HC11(8bit bus) microcontroller?

The main problem with any such port would be the compiler. eCos
contains a number of dependencies on gcc/g++, see
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ecos/faq.html#porting_compiler for
details. Currently there is no port of gcc to the MC68HC11, so a port
of eCos would be difficult.

Bart Veer // eCos net maintainer