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> "henza" <hychan@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> Is it a good idea to have Cortex M3 + FreeRTOS combo? Haven't heard of 
>> any
>> discussion about Cortex M3 here lately.
>>
>> Henry
>
> FWIW - the latest V4.8.0 release has some improvements to the CM3 port. 
> Some legacy and now redundant code was removed and some instructions 
> re-ordered - both of which give good performance improvements.
>
> V4.8.0 is available from SourceForge, but not yet mentioned on the 
> FreeRTOS.org site because I have not had time to update the WEB site with 
> the documentation for the new features (trace macros, new API functions, 
> stack overflow checking).  The WEB documentation updates will not actually 
> take long - the OpenRTOS manual has already been updated - its just a 
> matter of finding a gap in the scheduler to do it.
>


I should have pointed out that if you upgrade to the V4.8.0 then you will 
have to update your startup file to add in an SVCall handler.  You can use 
the demo applications included in the V4.8.0 release for an example.  If you 
don't do this the kernel will not start!

-- 
Regards,
Richard.

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"henza" <hychan@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Is it a good idea to have Cortex M3 + FreeRTOS combo? Haven't heard of any
> discussion about Cortex M3 here lately.
>
> Henry

FWIW - the latest V4.8.0 release has some improvements to the CM3 port. 
Some legacy and now redundant code was removed and some instructions 
re-ordered - both of which give good performance improvements.

V4.8.0 is available from SourceForge, but not yet mentioned on the 
FreeRTOS.org site because I have not had time to update the WEB site with 
the documentation for the new features (trace macros, new API functions, 
stack overflow checking).  The WEB documentation updates will not actually 
take long - the OpenRTOS manual has already been updated - its just a matter 
of finding a gap in the scheduler to do it.

-- 
Regards,
Richard.

+ http://www.FreeRTOS.org & http://www.FreeRTOS.org/shop
17 official architecture ports, more than 5000 downloads per month.

+ http://www.SafeRTOS.com
Certified by T&#4294967295;V as meeting the requirements for safety related systems.

"henza" <hychan@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Is it a good idea to have Cortex M3 + FreeRTOS combo? Haven't heard of any
> discussion about Cortex M3 here lately.
>
> Henry
If you need additional features look into uC/OS-II from Micrium.  If this is 
non-commercial then you can use it for free and they have a CM3 port 
available on their site.

Scott

On Apr 1, 7:27=A0pm, "henza" <hyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it a good idea to have Cortex M3 + FreeRTOS combo? Haven't heard of any=


Will CM3 and FreeRTOS support your needs? If so, it's a great
combination.

I am using FreeRTOS on an LM3S6965. Rumor has it that NXP is working
on a somewhat-officially-supported port for their forthcoming CM3
parts. Other ports exist.