---
name: "coldfire"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "coldfire"
version: "0.2.2-2.3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/coldfire"
---

# coldfire(1)

A Freescale Coldfire 5206 Emulator

## NAME

coldfire — A Freescale Coldfire 5206 Emulator

## SYNOPSIS

**coldfire** \[**--board** *filename\]  \[***--timerhack***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**coldfire** is a is a Freescale Coldfire  5206 Emulator. It currently features all but 5 assembly instructions,  a full dBug with extra functionality, both serial ports, the parallel  port, interrupts (through telnet sessions), full exception handling,  timers and timer interrupts, and full tracing capability.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **--board** *filename*

  Load board configuration file.

- **--timerhack**

  Change the timer so the TRR ticks once per instruction,  instead of at an almost correct rate based on cycles  executed.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Show version of program.

## FILES

/usr/share/coldfile/\* - board configuration files

## AUTHOR

David Grant and others, see the AUTHORS file for the full list  of credits.

This manual page was written by Claudio Matsuoka \<claudio@mandriva.com\> for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.