PPC 2003 ARM only?

[Guest]

When you create a WCE Pocket PC 2003 Application in Microsoft eMbedded C++ you only get one CPU (and the emulator) to select from, ARMV4. Does this mean that Pocket PC 2003 will only work on ARM CPU's no MIPS SH3 etc... Will this be always the case or is it that "currently" the other CPU are not supported but will soon

Thanks

 

[Alex Yakhnin [MVP]]

Pocket PC 2003 is supported only on ARM type processors.

--
Alex Yakhnin .NET CF MVP
www.intelliprog.com | www.opennetcf.org

When you create a WCE Pocket PC 2003 Application in Microsoft eMbedded C++

you only get one CPU (and the emulator) to select from, ARMV4. Does this
mean that Pocket PC 2003 will only work on ARM CPU's no MIPS SH3 etc... Will
this be always the case or is it that "currently" the other CPU are not
supported but will soon?

 

[Mike]

"Pocket PC uses the ARM family of CPUs."
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/windowsmobile.asp

When you create a WCE Pocket PC 2003 Application in Microsoft eMbedded C++

you only get one CPU (and the emulator) to select from, ARMV4. Does this
mean that Pocket PC 2003 will only work on ARM CPU's no MIPS SH3 etc... Will
this be always the case or is it that "currently" the other CPU are not
supported but will soon?

 

[Guest]

Alex, if we are targetting PocketPC 2002 and PocketPC 2003..
We have written a Setup application that will install the Compact .net if it is not found. Are any of these not necessary
ARMV
ARMV4
MIPS1
MIPSI
MIPSII_F
MIPSI
MIPSIV_F
SH
SH
(X86 this is just for PC right?, so not necessary correct?)

 

[Guest]

Wow I just realized that when you create a PocketPC 2002 project you only get the ARM option as well. Does this mean that PocketPC 2002 is supported only on ARM type processors as well
And if so, does this mean that all I have to worry about in my Setup "stuff" .ini and such is ARM processor
And if so, how come the Build Cab in Visual Studio .Net creates cabs for MIPS, SH3 and WCE420X86 ??? DO I need these

I am trying to make sure that I properly support all the PocketPC 2002 and 2003 devices on installation, but I also woudl like to minimaze the .exe size and not include "stuff" that will never be used

Thanks

 

[Maarten Struys, eMVP]

If I recall well all PocketPC 2002 devices have ARM type processors. For
PocketPC 2000 devices more processor types were in use.


--
Maarten Struys, eMVP
PTS Software bv

www.opennetcf.org | www.dotnetfordevices.com

Wow I just realized that when you create a PocketPC 2002 project you only

get the ARM option as well. Does this mean that PocketPC 2002 is supported
only on ARM type processors as well ?

And if so, does this mean that all I have to worry about in my Setup

"stuff" .ini and such is ARM processor?

And if so, how come the Build Cab in Visual Studio .Net creates cabs for

MIPS, SH3 and WCE420X86 ??? DO I need these.

I am trying to make sure that I properly support all the PocketPC 2002 and

2003 devices on installation, but I also woudl like to minimaze the .exe
size and not include "stuff" that will never be used.

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

You're correct that they're all ARM. Studio makes the others for PPC 00
support.

-Chris

Wow I just realized that when you create a PocketPC 2002 project you only

get the ARM option as well. Does this mean that PocketPC 2002 is supported
only on ARM type processors as well ?

And if so, does this mean that all I have to worry about in my Setup

"stuff" .ini and such is ARM processor?

And if so, how come the Build Cab in Visual Studio .Net creates cabs for

MIPS, SH3 and WCE420X86 ??? DO I need these.

I am trying to make sure that I properly support all the PocketPC 2002 and

2003 devices on installation, but I also woudl like to minimaze the .exe
size and not include "stuff" that will never be used.

 

[Mike]

All PPC 2002 and 2003 devices are supposed to be ARM. So if those are the
only devices you're worried about, then yes, you can remove the other types.
Maybe Visual Studio creates the other CPU types for PPC 2000 devices.

Wow I just realized that when you create a PocketPC 2002 project you only

get the ARM option as well. Does this mean that PocketPC 2002 is supported
only on ARM type processors as well ?

And if so, does this mean that all I have to worry about in my Setup

"stuff" .ini and such is ARM processor?

And if so, how come the Build Cab in Visual Studio .Net creates cabs for

MIPS, SH3 and WCE420X86 ??? DO I need these.

I am trying to make sure that I properly support all the PocketPC 2002 and

2003 devices on installation, but I also woudl like to minimaze the .exe
size and not include "stuff" that will never be used.

 

[Guest]

Thank you everyone.
Just what I wanted to hear. I wish I had not spend so much time writing an installer that would install the correct .Net Compact Framework for other CPU types
I wonder why MS has an example on their site on how to write this installer for all the CPU types and why they have the SP2 available for all the CPUs.
I though .Net is only available for PocketPC 2002 and up.

 

[Mike]

The CF is not just for Pocket PC's. It's for all Windows CE .NET 4.1 and up
devices. So lots of CPU types.

Thank you everyone.
Just what I wanted to hear. I wish I had not spend so much time writing an

installer that would install the correct .Net Compact Framework for other
CPU types .

I wonder why MS has an example on their site on how to write this

installer for all the CPU types and why they have the SP2 available for all
the CPUs.