From: Crossfire <xfire@xware.cx>
To: kjlin <kj.lin@viditec-netmedia.com.tw>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Does linux support for microprocessor without MMU?
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:36:02 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010222133602.A24899@eris.xware.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00ba01c09c6e$84788380$056aaac0@kjlin>; from kj.lin@viditec-netmedia.com.tw on Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:26:44AM +0800
kjlin was once rumoured to have said:
> Howdy,
>
> I got an embedded MIPS board recently.
> It has the following features:
> - CPU implements a five-stage pipeline with performance similar to the MIPS R3000 pipeline.
> - MIPS32 compatible instruction set
> - R4000 style privileged resource architecture.
> - Without MMU.
>
> I am estimating the possibility of porting linux on it.
> Can Linux/MIPS 2.2 or 2.4 support for such a board which without MMU ?
> Because i consider it is the most difficult part in the porting process.
> Am i right?
the Standard Linux kernels all require an MMU. However, there is a
version of the kernel known as "ucLinux" (Microcontroller Linux) which
will run on CPUs without MMU.
I don't know if ucLinux has a MIPS target yet.
C.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-22 2:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-22 1:26 Does linux support for microprocessor without MMU? kjlin
2001-02-22 1:26 ` kjlin
2001-02-22 2:36 ` Crossfire [this message]
2001-02-22 4:15 ` Joe deBlaquiere
2001-02-22 6:53 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2001-02-23 5:42 ` Joe deBlaquiere
2001-02-26 9:17 ` kjlin
2001-02-26 9:17 ` kjlin
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