Re: Development for MMU-less microcontrollers.

[Jukka Marin <jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 04:32:48PM -0400, Brian Rose wrote:
> I am working with the Freescale (Motorola) Coldfire line of processors
> (52xx - without MMU's), which currently are not supported by NetBSD.
> 
> Would it be possible to make a "soft MMU" in code and enable NetBSD to run
> on a broader range of devices? I just hate to see the penguin get all the
> embedded work. Is there any technical reason why a piece of software could
> not replace a hardware MMU?

I may not be too simple.

We are using ARM MCU's with a MMU.  We hope to get NetBSD running on
these later this year (we're using our own embedded OS at the moment).

  -jm