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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org > We have open-hardware implementation for 486, AFAICT, thanks to MISTer > project. I'm not aware of open 586 core. > > Being able to run recent Linux on open hardware sounds fun. Putting a 486 on an fpga might be 'interesting'. But it has a lot of 'cruft' (like 286 protected mode) that you really don't need. I'd bet RISCV comes out smaller. Most x86 ports are actually IBM-PC ports - so you'd also have to sort out all the peripherals. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales) _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel