[yocto] Cortex-M4 build support

[Zhenhua Luo]

Hi Mark, 

Thanks a lot for your comments. 

Is there plan to support non-MMU targets in Yocto? 


Best Regards,

Zhenhua

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hatle [mailto:mark.hatle at windriver.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 10:37 PM
> To: Zhenhua Luo <zhenhua.luo at nxp.com>; 'yocto at yoctoproject.org'
> <yocto at yoctoproject.org>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] Cortex-M4 build support
> 
> On 9/9/16 2:58 AM, Zhenhua Luo wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
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> > Can Yocto support image build for Cortex-M4 targets? If no, does
> > somebody know if there is some distro/packaging tool which can support
> Cortex-M4?
> >
> 
> The Cortex-M4 does not have an MMU.  The Yocto Project system, currently,
> only supports MMU based architectures.
> 
> If Linux is a requirement for you, you will need to find a non-MMU based
> uClinux system to work with.
> 
> Otherwise there are a number of other embedded OSs for MMU-less targets
> that may be more appropriate to the memory and system constraints of the M
> series CPUs.
> 
> --Mark
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Zhenhua
> >
> >
> >