From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: micklweiss@gmx.net
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux on 16-bit processors
Date: 19 Mar 2003 14:26:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1048084009.30751.23.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17232.1048031207@www59.gmx.net>
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 23:46, micklweiss@gmx.net wrote:
> I'm interested on running Linux on some less powerful, cheaper 16 bit
> systems. I would like to know if there is a slimmed down version of the kernel (any
> version 2.2+) that can run on 16-bit CPUs. I know that linux "requires" a
The kernel side is fairly easy if you have a couple of megs of ram. The
ucLinux tree supports mmuless systems and a fair variety of processors.
User space is more of an issue. The standard Linux userspace is designed
for systems with disks and paging, the uclinux stuff is smaller and the
ELKS userspace is tinier still.
And uclinux is free not $200. Maybe the writer is confused with the
ucSimm development board ?
BTW are "real" 16bit processors actually cheaper any more ? 16bit keeps
costs down but several 683xx processors seem to use 16bit external
data bus as do some ARM.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-19 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-18 23:46 Linux on 16-bit processors micklweiss
2003-03-18 23:58 ` Joel Jaeggli
2003-03-19 0:27 ` J.A. Magallon
2003-03-19 8:35 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-03-19 14:26 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-03-19 17:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-19 7:25 Greg Ungerer
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