Re: Has anyone gotten ELKS to run on an I80186 based system?

[Ben Weiss <cis_daytona@yahoo.com>]

Hi Gregg,

What machine even has a 186? I now it exist[s|ed], but never knew what it was used in, always guessed some embedded stuff.
Instruction set-wise, the 186 is compatible with 8086/88 (I think it may have one or 2 more instructions), you should be good there. 
The 8086 is the "lowest common denominator" of the x86 line, so really ELKS will ((should)) boot on any x86.
I'm pretty sure I downloaded some datasheets for the 186 off the net a while back. 
If the machine doesn't make use of PC or SIBO architecture, then you'll need to do some hacking, but it sounds like you know that already.

-Ben

--- On Sat, 4/26/08, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8@gmail.com>
> Subject: Has anyone gotten ELKS to run on an I80186 based system?
> To: "ELKS" <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
> Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008, 10:05 AM
> Hello!
> I am looking to make use of the basic items that are part
> of an I80186
> based system here. (I for Intel, even though that firm made
> the bad
> decision to EOL and probably discontinue that line sometime
> ago.)
> 
> I thought it would be appropriate to make use of ELKS for
> it as
> opposed to fabricating an RTOS for it from scratch. Granted
> this is
> asking a heck of a lot of the features found on one such
> device, but
> given the special nature of the I80186 and what ELKS is, it
> does make
> sense in a strange sort of way.
> 
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