Hi all, Here's an updated package of our local tools, just updated to include a microcode loader, etc. that we use to operate the microengines from the StrongARM under Linux without ACEs or the workbench. http://www.cercs.gatech.edu/projects/asan/software/ Note that the StrongARM tools (in the "utils/" directory) don't depend on our alternative host-side driver scheme, I'm just packaging them in one tarball. ---------------- Various folks have asked about alternatives to ACEs. We use three schemes to program the microengines: 1. Homebrew tools including loader and etc., that run stand-alone under Linux on the StrongARM and communicate with the uEngines via Intel's "ue.o" kernel module on the StrongARM (same as used by rs_udebug with the workbench). We also use command-line versions of the assembler and linker in this configuration under "wine" so it's an all-linux solution. 2. Intel's Workbench. You can use this to load code onto the hardware instead of the simulator and it doesn't require ACEs (in fact it doesn't work with ACEs although it's not obvious that they should be incompatible). 3. ACEs Note: I would not characterize any of these three toolchains as exactly "easy". Each just offers its own kind of pain. In other words, don't switch toolchains just because you're frustrated with ACEs. -- Ken