Hello Andrew,
I might be not clear about my intentions as I am still learning a lot about this topic.
I saw the linux toolchain as an alternative to Visual DSP++ to program (or simulate) a Blackfin chip.
I am trying to setup the toolchain on my Ubuntu distribution and to run examples that program the BF506, but I am not succeeding with it.
On Ubuntu I installed the toolchain and I compiled the Hello World example.
Now I would like to connect to the evaluation board and load the example of the BF506