Hello,
The explanation exists and is not Freescale nor CW specific:
- How can a description include something that does NOT exist ?
The answer is that it cannot. So, when CodeWarrior 4.6 was released, it did not describe S12XE.
One day, the S12XE appeared. And, instead of creating a brand new release (300MB+) for each new device supported, the functionality was added as an update to the existing release.
That was the story of software release.
Every name is interchangeable with any operating system, development environment, anti-virus and other software which evoluates.
Here is a precision for readers: there is only one CodeWarrior by product family.
Older versions are kept updated for a while though. But older versions are not available on the website, as far as I know.
I can also advise
http://www.CodeWarrior.com/ as a shortcut to the product series. I don't know if/how long that domain will be kept, but that's the one I use.
Including it to the document will make falsely believe that the initial download allow to support the S12XE. It does not have the same flavours of modules like the MPU and XGATE v3 (dual context).
The S12X has a MMC which is more basic for memory protection and an XGATE v2 which is not interruptible.
Rating: multiple people are using the rating system (potentially 8000+ users), there is no way to see who rated what. I can only encourage people to rate to give the average impression rather than having the feeling of one individual, whoever he/she is.
Alban.