migrate from 3.0 to 4.2

Now that I have finished work on wince 3.00 and is working on our platform
and is stable :0)....We are moving to wince.net 4.2.
Our BSP is based on the intel_sa1110_assabet. From what I have read

The Intel SA1100/SA1111 (Assabet) Development Kit is no longer available for
purchase. Therefore, the BSP for this hardware platform is not included in
Platform Builder 4.2 and is no longer supported. If your development
platform requires the Intel SA1100/SA1111 (Assabet) Development Kit and the
platform directory for testing or other purposes, you can use the BSP for
the Intel XScale DBPXA250 Development Platform, which has been enabled to
support ARMV4 builds, or you can use another suitable BSP from a third-party
vendor. However, Platform Builder 4.2 still supports the Intel SA1100/SA1111
(Assabet) Development Kit CSP drivers for the integrated peripherals on the
SA1100 CPU or the SA1111 CPU companion chip. Refer to
%_WINCEROOT%\Public\Common\Oak\CSP for these drivers.

I'm confused, as far as I understand from the above once I have installed
wince 4.2 (I am doing this tomorrow) I can install the ARMV4I option (I'm
not installing ARMv4) I can build code for the SA1110 StrongArm.

Can I copy the Intel_sa1110_assabet BSP from wince 3.00 and build an image
to run on the assabet, it would be useful and would provide immediate
feedback.
Or will I have to take the Intel Xscale DBPXA250 and integrate/cobble in our
drivers, oal, bootloader etc..

I don'y have a feel for how much work is involved, is it weeks or months....

Any advice would be appreciated

Regards

Tariq

Dean
Tue Jul 29 08:01:36 CDT 2003

If you have your own platform, you should migrate that to 4.x. You probably
don't want to redo all the work you've already done making changes necessary
for your own hardware.
Keep in mind that you're going to want ARMV4, not ARMV4I if you're building
for StrongArm. The SA11x0 does not support Thumb mode, and will therefore
not be able to handle the interop instructions that come along with an
ARMV4I build.
.
--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
Accelent Systems
http://www.accelent.com

"Tariq Mahmood" <tariq-mahmood@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:DXdVa.126$6k6.30@newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> Now that I have finished work on wince 3.00 and is working on our platform
> and is stable :0)....We are moving to wince.net 4.2.
> Our BSP is based on the intel_sa1110_assabet. From what I have read
>
> The Intel SA1100/SA1111 (Assabet) Development Kit is no longer available
for
> purchase. Therefore, the BSP for this hardware platform is not included in
> Platform Builder 4.2 and is no longer supported. If your development
> platform requires the Intel SA1100/SA1111 (Assabet) Development Kit and
the
> platform directory for testing or other purposes, you can use the BSP for
> the Intel XScale DBPXA250 Development Platform, which has been enabled to
> support ARMV4 builds, or you can use another suitable BSP from a
third-party
> vendor. However, Platform Builder 4.2 still supports the Intel
SA1100/SA1111
> (Assabet) Development Kit CSP drivers for the integrated peripherals on
the
> SA1100 CPU or the SA1111 CPU companion chip. Refer to
> %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Common\Oak\CSP for these drivers.
>
> I'm confused, as far as I understand from the above once I have installed
> wince 4.2 (I am doing this tomorrow) I can install the ARMV4I option (I'm
> not installing ARMv4) I can build code for the SA1110 StrongArm.
>
> Can I copy the Intel_sa1110_assabet BSP from wince 3.00 and build an image
> to run on the assabet, it would be useful and would provide immediate
> feedback.
> Or will I have to take the Intel Xscale DBPXA250 and integrate/cobble in
our
> drivers, oal, bootloader etc..
>
> I don'y have a feel for how much work is involved, is it weeks or
months....
>
> Any advice would be appreciated
>
> Regards
>
> Tariq
>
>

Tariq
Tue Jul 29 08:59:31 CDT 2003

Hi
Thanks for the reply its appreciared. I have installed wince.net 4.2 ARMV4
this obiously doesn't come with the intel_sa1110_assabet bsp which I would
have very much liked. I am going to install wince.net 4.1 which comes with
the intel_sa1110_assabet bsp and try to create a build if it works on the
assabet then its a good boost to confidence.

Our own BSP was based on the Intel_sa1110_assabet bsp, so I should be able
to port it across without much problem (I always say that, and the work ends
up taking weeks).

Regards

Tariq


"Dean Ramsier" <dramsiernospam@accelentnospam.com> wrote in message
news:eCxAOGdVDHA.1600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> If you have your own platform, you should migrate that to 4.x. You
probably
> don't want to redo all the work you've already done making changes
necessary
> for your own hardware.
> Keep in mind that you're going to want ARMV4, not ARMV4I if you're
building
> for StrongArm. The SA11x0 does not support Thumb mode, and will therefore
> not be able to handle the interop instructions that come along with an
> ARMV4I build.
> .
> --
> Dean Ramsier - eMVP
> Accelent Systems
> http://www.accelent.com
>
> "Tariq Mahmood" <tariq-mahmood@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:DXdVa.126$6k6.30@newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > Now that I have finished work on wince 3.00 and is working on our
platform
> > and is stable :0)....We are moving to wince.net 4.2.
> > Our BSP is based on the intel_sa1110_assabet. From what I have read
> >
> > The Intel SA1100/SA1111 (Assabet) Development Kit is no longer available
> for
> > purchase. Therefore, the BSP for this hardware platform is not included
in
> > Platform Builder 4.2 and is no longer supported. If your development
> > platform requires the Intel SA1100/SA1111 (Assabet) Development Kit and
> the
> > platform directory for testing or other purposes, you can use the BSP
for
> > the Intel XScale DBPXA250 Development Platform, which has been enabled
to
> > support ARMV4 builds, or you can use another suitable BSP from a
> third-party
> > vendor. However, Platform Builder 4.2 still supports the Intel
> SA1100/SA1111
> > (Assabet) Development Kit CSP drivers for the integrated peripherals on
> the
> > SA1100 CPU or the SA1111 CPU companion chip. Refer to
> > %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Common\Oak\CSP for these drivers.
> >
> > I'm confused, as far as I understand from the above once I have
installed
> > wince 4.2 (I am doing this tomorrow) I can install the ARMV4I option
(I'm
> > not installing ARMv4) I can build code for the SA1110 StrongArm.
> >
> > Can I copy the Intel_sa1110_assabet BSP from wince 3.00 and build an
image
> > to run on the assabet, it would be useful and would provide immediate
> > feedback.
> > Or will I have to take the Intel Xscale DBPXA250 and integrate/cobble in
> our
> > drivers, oal, bootloader etc..
> >
> > I don'y have a feel for how much work is involved, is it weeks or
> months....
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tariq
> >
> >
>
>