On Sep 17, 3:46 pm, yozh...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I saw VxWorks has a Target Processor Vendors such as Freescale,
> ARM .... What's that means? Does it already included in the VxWorks
> releases? Or a specific BSP must be installed?
>
> My current development is based on VxWorks 5.4 and MPC8260. Now I want
> to replace MPC8260 with newer MPC8347. I checked Wind River bsp sites:http://www.windriver.com/products/bs..._platform.html, and could
> not find MPC83xx related BSP stuff under VxWorks 5.4. Does that means
> I must move to a newer VxWorks release, such VxWorks 6.2?
>
> The MPC8347 will be in the form of a SBC board from a hardware vender.
> That vender will provide BSP stuff. In its website, it only mentions
> BSP for 6.2 and 6.3.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Yong


Yes, you need to migrate to a new version of VxWorks. The MPC83xx
processor family requires new OS architecture support and new compiler
support, which is not available for VxWorks 5.4. Once you upgrade,
you'll then need the BSP for your board from the vendor.

-Bill

Thanks!

Yong

On Sep 18, 1:01 pm, noiset...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 17, 3:46 pm, yozh...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I saw VxWorks has a Target Processor Vendors such as Freescale,
> > ARM .... What's that means? Does it already included in the VxWorks
> > releases? Or a specific BSP must be installed?
>
> > My current development is based on VxWorks 5.4 and MPC8260. Now I want
> > to replace MPC8260 with newer MPC8347. I checked Wind River bsp sites:http://www.windriver.com/products/bs..._platform.html, and could
> > not find MPC83xx related BSP stuff under VxWorks 5.4. Does that means
> > I must move to a newer VxWorks release, such VxWorks 6.2?
>
> > The MPC8347 will be in the form of a SBC board from a hardware vender.
> > That vender will provide BSP stuff. In its website, it only mentions
> > BSP for 6.2 and 6.3.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > Yong
>
> Yes, you need to migrate to a new version of VxWorks. The MPC83xx
> processor family requires new OS architecture support and new compiler
> support, which is not available for VxWorks 5.4. Once you upgrade,
> you'll then need the BSP for your board from the vendor.
>
> -Bill