Release notes for the M5208EVB BSP
Released: Feb.08,2010                                                                     

This is a release of the Freescale Semiconductor M5208EVB Linux BSP. 
The default configuration of this BSP has been tested and all features 
are believed to be functioning correctly except as noted in this 
document.  If you find an issue, please report it to www.freescale.com 
for validation.

The following hardware is supported:

  MCF5208 processor on the M5208EVB Intec Automation development board.
  For configuration information, please see 
  /Help/software/M5208EVB/User_Manual_M5208EVB.pdf on the BSP CD image.

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SUPPORTED FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE
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Processor Features:

    * ColdFire V2 Core at 160MHz
    * Enhanced MAC module
    * 8 KB I/D-Cache
    * 16 KB SRAM
    * Integrated peripherals
          o 10/100 Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)
          o Three UARTs (Only 2 are supported)
          o Queued Serial Peripheral Interface
          o I2C Bus Interface (Not supported)
          o 4-channel 32-bit timer
          o 16-channel DMA controller
          o Watchdog timer

Kernel Features:

 - Linux-2.6.29 kernel
 - UART 
 - Ethernet
 - CodeTEST
 
GNU gcc 4.4.1, uclibc 0.9.53, binutils-2.19.51.20090709, and elf2flt.

GDB 6.8.50.20090630

Userspace packages highlights:

     * busybox
     * mtd-utils 
     * boa 
     * gdbserver
     * apptrk

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KNOWN ISSUES
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1)There is a limited amount of RAM (32M) available on this system. Running memory
   intensive programs repeatedly will likely fragment the memory resources available.
   Care must be exersized when writing programs or scripts for this platform.
   Allocating large chunks of memory (>1M) should be avoided.  If you do allocate
   large amounts of memory try to avoid repeated allocations/de-allocations.

2) The QSPI device driver is not tested, because there is no
   device connect to the QSPI bus on the M5208EVB.