From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux on 16-bit processors
Date: 19 Mar 2003 09:36:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b5a9r4$ekf$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1048084009.30751.23.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk
Followup to: <1048084009.30751.23.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>
By author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> 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.
>
80186 seems to be going strong, still; and EZ80 is available as a
synthesizable core (basically a Z80 with a 24-bit addressing mode and
a very primitime MMU.)
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-19 17:25 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
2003-03-19 17:36 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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2003-03-19 7:25 Greg Ungerer
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