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       <h1><big><font color="#3c34ec"><i>NuttX RTOS</i></font></big></h1>
-      <p>Last Updated: November 5, 2012</p>
+      <p>Last Updated: December 15, 2012</p>
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-  <li>Zilog
+  <li>ZiLOG
     <ul>
-        <li><a href="#zilogz16f">Zilog Z16F</a> (1)</li>
+        <li><a href="#zilogz16f">ZiLOG Z16F</a> (1)</li>
-        <li><a href="#zilogez80acclaim">Zilog eZ80 Acclaim!</a> (1)</li>
+        <li><a href="#zilogez80acclaim">ZiLOG eZ80 Acclaim!</a> (1)</li>
-        <li><a href="#zilogz8encore">Zilog Z8Encore!</a> (2)</li>
+        <li><a href="#zilogz8encore">ZiLOG Z8Encore!</a> (2)</li>
-        <li><a href="#zilogz80">Zilog Z80</a> (2)</li>
+        <li><a href="#zilogz180">ZiLOG Z180</a> (1)</li>
+        <li><a href="#zilogz80">ZiLOG Z80</a> (2)</li>
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+  <td valign="top"><img height="20" width="20" src="favicon.ico"></td>
+  <td bgcolor="#5eaee1">
+    <a name="zilogz180"><b>Zilog Z180</b>.</a>
+  </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><br></td>
+  <td>
+    <p>
+      <b>P112</b>.
+      The P112 is a hobbyist single board computer based on a 16MHz Z80182 with up to 1MB of memory, serial,
+parallel and diskette IO, and realtime clock, in a 3.5-inch drive form factor..
+      The P112 computer originated as a commercial product of &quot;D-X Designs Pty Ltd&quot[ of Australia.
+    </p>
+    </p>
+      Dave Brooks was successfully funded through Kickstarter for and another run of P112 boards in November of 2012.
+      In addition Terry Gulczynski makes additional P112 derivative hobbyist home brew computers.
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+      <p>
+       <b>STATUS:</b>
+       Most of the NuttX is in port for both the Z80182 and for the P112 board.
+       Boards from Kickstarter project will not be available, however, until the first quarter of 2013.
+       So it will be some time before this port is verified on hardware.
+      </p>
+    <ul>
+  </td>
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@@ -2842,7 +2872,7 @@ avr, m68k, m68hc11, m68hc12, m9s12, blackfin, m32c, h8, and SuperH ports.</block
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-    <b>Linux + GNU <code>make</code> + GCC/binutils</b>
+    <b>Linux + GNU <code>make</code> + GCC/binutils for Linux</b>
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@@ -2866,7 +2896,7 @@ avr, m68k, m68hc11, m68hc12, m9s12, blackfin, m32c, h8, and SuperH ports.</block
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-    <b>Linux + GNU <code>make</code> + SDCC</b>
+    <b>Linux + GNU <code>make</code> + SDCC for Linux</b>
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@@ -2885,7 +2915,7 @@ avr, m68k, m68hc11, m68hc12, m9s12, blackfin, m32c, h8, and SuperH ports.</block
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-    <b>Cygwin + GNU <code>make</code> + GCC/binutils</b>
+    <b>Windows with Cygwin + GNU <code>make</code> + GCC/binutils (custom built under Cygwin)</b>
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@@ -2893,10 +2923,8 @@ avr, m68k, m68hc11, m68hc12, m9s12, blackfin, m32c, h8, and SuperH ports.</block
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     <p>
       This combination works well too.
-      It works just as well as the native Linux environment except
+      It works just as well as the native Linux environment except that compilation and build times are a little longer.
-      that compilation and build times are a little longer.
+      The custom NuttX <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nuttx/files/buildroot/">buildroot</a> referenced above may be build in the Cygwin environment as well.
-      The custom NuttX <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nuttx/files/buildroot/">buildroot</a> referenced above may be build in
-      the Cygwin environment as well.
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-    <b>Cygwin + GNU <code>make</code> + SDCC</b>
+    <b>Windows with Cygwin + GNU <code>make</code> + SDCC (custom built under Cygwin)</b>
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@@ -2919,7 +2947,7 @@ avr, m68k, m68hc11, m68hc12, m9s12, blackfin, m32c, h8, and SuperH ports.</block
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-    <b>Cygwin + GNU <code>make</code> + Windows Native Toolchain</b>
+    <b>Windows with Cygwin + GNU <code>make</code> + Windows Native Toolchain</b>
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@@ -2975,15 +3003,65 @@ avr, m68k, m68hc11, m68hc12, m9s12, blackfin, m32c, h8, and SuperH ports.</block
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     <p>
       <b>Supported Windows Native Toolchains</b>.
-      At present, only the Zilog Z16F, z8Encore, and eZ80Acclaim ports use a non-GCC native Windows
+      At present, the following Windows native toolchains are in use:
-      toolchain(the Zilog ZDS-II toolchain).
+      <ol>
-      Support for Windows native GCC toolchains (CodeSourcery and devkitARM) is currently implemented
+        <li>GCC built for Windows (such as CodeSourcery, Atollic, devkitARM, etc.),</li>
-      for the NXP LPC214x, STMicro STR71x, and Luminary LMS6918 ARM ports.
+        <li>SDCC built for Windows,</li>
-      (but could easily be extended to any other GCC-based platform with a small effort).
+        <li> the ZiLOG XDS-II toolchain for Z16F, z8Encore, and eZ80Acclaim parts.</li>
+      </ol>
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+  <td valign="top"><img height="20" width="20" src="favicon.ico"></td>
+  <td bgcolor="#5eaee1">
+    <b>Windows Native (<code>CMD.exe</code>) + GNUWin32 (including GNU <code>make</code>) + MinGW Host GCC compiler + Windows Native Toolchain</b>
+  </td>
+</tr>
+  <td><br></td>
+  <td>
+    <p>
+      Build support has been added to support building natively in a Windes <code>CMD.exe</code> rather than in a POSIX-like environment.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      This build:
+    </p>
+    <ol>
+      <li>Uses all Windows style paths</li>
+      <li>Uses primarily Windows batch commands from cmd.exe, with</li>
+      <li>A few extensions from GNUWin32</li>
+    </ol>
+    <p>
+      This capability first appeared in NuttX-6.24 and should still be considered a work in progress because: (1) it has not been verfied on all targets and tools, and (2) still lacks some of the creature-comforts of the more mature environments.
+      The windows native build logic initiatiated if <code>CONFIG_WINDOWS_NATIVE=y</code> is defined in the NuttX configuration file:
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      At present, this build environment also requires:
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <b><code>CMD.exe</code> Shell</b>.
+        The build must be performed in a Windows <code>CMD.exe</code shell.
+        This may be the standard <code>cmd</code> shell that comes with Windows.
+        I prefer the ConEmu command shell which can be downloaded from:
+        http://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <b>GNUWin32</b>.
+        The build still relies on some Unix-like commands.
+        I usethe GNUWin32 tools that can be downloaded from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/.
+        See the top-level <code>nuttx/README.txt</code> file for some download, build, and installation notes.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <b>MinGW-GCC</b>.
+        MinGW-GCC is used to compiler the C tools in the <code>nuttx/tools</code> directory that are neede by the build.
+        MinGW-GCC can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/.
+        If you are using GNUWin32, then it is recommendedthe you not install the optional MSYS components as there may be conflicts.
+      </li>
+  </td>
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-    <b>Other Environments?
+    <b>Other Environments?</b>
-    Windows Native <code>make</code> + Windows Native Toolchain?</b>
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       modification of the Make system would be required.
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     <p>
-     <b>GNUWin32</b>.
+      <b>MSYS</b>.
-      For example, with suitable make system changes, it should be possible to
+      I have not used MSYS but what I gather from talking with NuttX users is that MSYS can be used as an alternative to Cygwin in any of the above Cygwin environments.
-      use native GNU tools (such as those from
+      This is not surprising since MSYS is based on an older version of Cygwin (cygwin-1.3).
-      <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/">GNUWin32</a>)
+      MSYS has been modified, however, to interoperate in the Windows environment better than Cygwin and that may be of value to some users.
-      to build NuttX.
+    </p>
-      However, that environment has not been used as of this writing.
+    <p>
-   </p>
+      MSYS, however, cannot be used with the native Windows NuttX build because it will invoke the MSYS bash shell instead of the <code>CMD.exe</code> shell.
-      <p><small>
+      Use GNUWin32 in the native Windows build envionment.
-        NOTE: One of the members on the <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nuttx/">NuttX forum</a>
+    </p>
-        reported that they successful built NuttX using such a GNUWin32-based, Windows native environment.
-        They reported that the only necessary change was to the use the NTFS mklink command to create links
-        (see <code>tools/copydir.sh</code> script).
-      </small></p>
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README.txt

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 --------------------
 
   The beginnings of a Windows native build are in place but still not full
-  usable as of this writing.  The windows native build logic is currently
+  usable as of this writing.  The windows native build logic initiatiated
-  separate and must be started by:
+  if CONFIG_WINDOWS_NATIVE=y is defined in the NuttX configuration file:
-
-    make -f Makefile.win
 
   This build:
 
     - Uses all Windows style paths
     - Uses primarily Windows batch commands from cmd.exe, with
-    - A few extensions from GNUWin32 (or MSYS is you prefer)
+    - A few extensions from GNUWin32
 
   In this build, you cannot use a Cygwin or MSYS shell. Rather the build must
   be performed in a Windows CMD shell. Here is a better shell than than the
@@ -517,8 +515,6 @@ Native Windows Build
 
   Build Tools.  The build still relies on some Unix-like commands.  I use
   the GNUWin32 tools that can be downloaded from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/.
-  The MSYS tools are probably also a option but are likely lower performance
-  since they are based on Cygwin 1.3.
 
   Host Compiler:  I use the MingGW compiler which can be downloaded from
   http://www.mingw.org/.  If you are using GNUWin32, then it is recommended

configs/README.txt

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   Hal Bower was very active in the mid 1990's on the P112 project and ported
   the "Banked/Portable BIOS".
 
+  Dave Brooks was successfully funded through Kickstarter for and another
+  run of P112 boards in November of 2012.
+
 configs/pic32-starterkit
   This directory contains the port of NuttX to the Microchip PIC32 Ethernet
   Starter Kit (DM320004) with the Multimedia Expansion Board (MEB, DM320005).

configs/p112/README.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Gulczynski makes additional P112 derivative hobbyist home brew computers.
 Hal Bower was very active in the mid 1990's on the P112 project and ported
 the "Banked/Portable BIOS".
 
+Dave Brooks was successfully funded through Kickstarter for and another
+run of P112 boards in November of 2012.
+
 Pin Configuration
 =================