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ColdFire Tools
ColdFire Init
Porting from 68K
Differences
PortAsm
CF68KLib
MAC7100 Tools
MAC Init
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The ColdFire® "Variable-Length RISC" architecture is
derived from the 680x0 family, but with a simplified set of
instructions and addressing modes to provide high performance at low
cost and low power consumption. (If you are interested in the
technical details, see our summary
of the differences between ColdFire and the 680x0 family).
This means that programs written for the 680x0 family will not run
on ColdFire processors without modification or re-compiling. To
assist in the migration of 680x0 code to ColdFire, MicroAPL and
Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola SPS) have worked together to offer you two solutions:
- PortAsm/68K
for ColdFire is a source-level translation tool which
is designed to help you port 680x0 assembly-language programs to
ColdFire. It can be used to target any member of the ColdFire
family, provides good performance, and is the recommended solution
for porting a large body of 680x0 assembler code where you have
access to the original source-code files.
- CF68KLib
is an emulation library which provides exception handlers to
implement those 680x0 instuctions and addressing modes which are
missing in the ColdFire architecture. It thus allows 680x0
object-code (whether written in assembler or in a high-level
language) to run on a ColdFire processor (Version 3 core or later
only). It is available to run either user-level code only, or
user- and supervisor-level code. CF68KLib allows you to run 680x0
code with minimal modification under ColdFire, although there is a
performance penalty associated with the need to trap out and
emulate missing instructions.
And, best of all, thanks to a special agreement between
MicroAPL and Freescale Semiconductor, PortAsm/68K for ColdFire and
CF68KLib are both available for download free of charge!
Just click here
to download full, unrestricted version of these products, together with full documentation.
(Usage of the software is subject to the
PortAsm/68Kfor ColdFire license agreement
or CF68KLib license agreement, as appropriate).
Other porting options
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As well as these options for ColdFire, MicroAPL offers a
range of solutions and services
for porting your legacy 680x0 code to other architectures or to C.
We have versions of PortAsm which translate 68K code to run on the
PowerPC, 80x86 and M*Core architectures, as well as emulators allowing
68K code to run with minimal porting effort on the PowerPC, M*Core and MIPS architectures.
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