Michael S. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder how this will effect the development platforms. Specifically
> will this new processor require new GCC and prc-tools setup to be able
> to develop for the new processor?
I doubt that you will even have PRCs on any other processor. The very design of
the PalmOS memory architecture is practically defined by the properties,
peculiarities, and limitations of the 68000/Dragonball. Why does PalmOS have
the notion of memory "cards"? AFAIK because the Dragonball does. Why is
everything in PalmOS (chunks, records, resources, you name it) designed around
the 64 KB limit? Probably because of the -32 KB to +32 KB locality of reference
limit in the 68000. Where does this whole notion of segments come from? From
there.
With any other processor the entire PalmOS memory architecture, as well as the
database architecture and whatever will replace the PRCs will have to be
redesigned from scratch. And so of course will all development tools. And so
will all PalmOS software that is even a tiny little bit hacky.
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