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From: "Riley Williams" <Riley@Williams.Name>
To: Raghavan <raghavan.viswanathan@wipro.com>, Linux-8086@Vger.Kernel.Org
Subject: RE: ELKS Port
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:02:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BKEGKPICNAKILKJKMHCAAEGGEPAA.Riley@Williams.Name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <051e01c34d29$5682dac0$8c06770a@wipro.com>

Hi Raghagan.

 > I am intending to port ELKS on to Analog Devices's Blackfin
 > DSP Processor. I am having a couple of questions
 >
 > (1) Does ELKS take advantage of the MMU facility of the x86
 >     Systems ?. I ask this because the Blackfin does not have
 >     an MMU.
 >
 > (2) What would be a good strategy to start the porting
 >     exercise ? Any previous porting lessons would help.

ELKS is largely specialised for the 8088 and 8086 processors,
and the MMU is probably the least of your worries. However, no
more specific advice can be provided unless you provide details
of the processor you refer to.

Best wishes from Riley.
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      reply	other threads:[~2003-07-19 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-18 12:37 ELKS Port Raghavan
2003-07-19 19:02 ` Riley Williams [this message]

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