Talk:Blackfin/Archives/2011

Table layout
The table is a real monster, much too wide. The following can be done to tighten it up:
 * "Processor" column: drop the common "ADSP-BF"-prefix, move to column header
 * "Max. Clock" column: remove the common MHz and move it to the header as a unit in brackets
 * Memory related columns: remove the common KB and move it to the header as a unit in brackets
 * "On-chip Flash" column: add linebreak after "On-"
 * "SD/SDIO" column: add linebreak after "SD/"
 * Remove "Cores" column as only one has double column. Add this back in as a foot note only.

Other improvements:
 * Add colour to table
 * More hyperlinks to column headers (MXVR is missing)
 * Clean up GPIO column: Are all number related to pin count?

Comments? --22:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

The table just sucks, so I'd say whatever you feel like doing to make it not suck SpanKY 20:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Table cleaned up, have a look before we proceed. The meaning of scratch data is unexplained in the article. --85.164.191.237 21:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Sorry, cleaned up where ? I'm not sure if you know what scratch data is about, but the Blackfin processor has a small region of L1 referred to as the "Scratchpad" as the idea is to use it specifically for that purpose -- quick scratch space. SpanKY 23:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The headers were edited to become narrower and common column contents moved into headers, easiest seen by diffing revisions. I'd like to remove some headers but it is rather awkward to edit and even worse to insert. I Googled "Blackfin scratch" and this article comes up on top. Other links suggests that this scratch is measured in KB rather than bytes so I'll edit that later. Could you add some explanation regarding use and properties of scratch? --20:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.164.191.237 (talk)


 * No one really refers to it as "scratch" but rather "scratchpad". All Blackfin on-chip memories are typically described in KB, not bytes, so that should be fine to change.  It may also be worthwhile splitting the tables ... one for "core" things (like memory) and another for peripherals (like USB/SPI/PPI/etc...).  SpanKY 17:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Ad text?
Not that it bothers me, really. But this text:

Core Features

The heart of the Blackfin depends on the person looking at it.

* For some, it is a DSP. It combines...

Looks like it's out some advertising or something...

189.4.119.9 (talk) 19:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

OS/kernel type
Why is the Linux kernel only marked as Free Software/GPL and not also Open Source like some others are? Ruud (talk) 09:28, 2 April 2010 (UTC)