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I have a CF5485 EVB but don't know what afe and cfe mean in the file names

The AFE, BFE, CFE, (etc.) are the Fire Engine model number post-fix , and denote the hardware configuration. There are tables on the following pages that describe each:

http://www.logicpd.com/ep...m/freescale/MCF547x/
http://www.logicpd.com/ep...m/freescale/MCF548x/

Let me know if you need help determining the Model Number of your Fire Engine.

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What is the status of USB device and host support with the logic tools?

USB Host is unsupported, since we are currently developing PCI support. This should be available in our next Linux BSP release. USB Device is currently in development too. When USB Device is available, check out our USB Device hardware PCN's. Certain PCB versions will require a rework, and with some a silicon issue prevent it from working entirly (in which the board will need to be RMA'd through Freescale).

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I know that there are different revs of the fire-engine and different revs of the actual cpu. How can I tell the difference between the hardware because I know there are issues with the Freescale part?

The errata for the uP is usually done by the date code that is printed on top of the uP package. Further info on locating this and Errata is located here:

http://www.freescale.com/...errata/MCF5485DE.pdf

The PCB is identified by the Serial Number and Part Number, each of which are on separate stickers. The Part Number is the one having "REV" immediatly following it. The PCN's we post usually use the Part Number of the PCB to identify the affected product, although sometimes the date code within the Serial Number will be used too.

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Is it necessary to use Logic Loader or can I use colilo to load the linux image and link the root file system via nfs on the host?

Although I bet colilo can been used (after source modifications and development ), we have only used LogicLoader.