On Tuesday 31 January 2006 21:12, Matt Evans wrote: [...]
Basically it's possible to download/develop your own code on them relatively easily. However, linux-wise, we'll have to run uClinux as the Sharp chip in use doesn't have a traditional MMU. As far as I know there hasn't been any movement on porting uClinux (someone mentioned they had half a port in the works, and I'd also made a half- arsed start at it).
Minix 3 might also be a viable option; it should run a whole lot better in the very limited RAM, and it's much more limited process model should be able to cope with a non-MMU-based system.
For what I want to do with it, though, I'm rather more interested in writing a single binary that runs on the bare metal... Jasmine, you've dealt with OMAP boards. Can you get an off-the-shelf (free) gcc cross-compilation system that deals with all the irritating libc details? If so, any pointers?