From: "D. Jeff Dionne" <jeff@gw.pfnet.com> Subject: Linux ported to non MMU systems Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 21:02:28 GMT -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Announcing The Linux/Microcontroller Project. Description: Linux has been ported to 68000 processors _without_ Memory Management Units. This is the first port of Linux that does not require an MMU. The first platform supported is the 3Com PalmPilot or IBM Workpad with a TRG SuperPilot memory card. Next to be supported will be the Motorola MC68332 microcontroller, expected in the next few weeks. Why: Linux for embedded systems is a great idea. Who and when: Part of The Silver Hammer Group Ltd's programming team. Kenneth Albanowski and D. Jeff Dionne produced a booting Linux kernel for the PalmPilot during the week of Jan26 1998. Due to the structure of the linux memory management code, the port to a flat contiguous vs. paged virtual memory system went very smoothly. Status: The kernel boots on a plain old 68000 CPU, TCP/IP and all, mounts a ROMFS root filesystem and runs a special hand crafted /etc/init in user space as well as a handful of kernel threads happily printing AAAAAABBBBBBBAAAAAABBBBB :-) We are still working on libc, and the compiler support is still in flux. If you are interested in Linux on small or embedded machines, visit the uClinux home page at http://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/uClinux We even have a nifty screen shot of Linux running on the PalmPilot simulator XCoPilot. Stop by and lend a hand. Contacting us: We can be contacted about the Linux/Microcontroller project at uclinux@ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca D. Jeff Dionne Kenneth Albanowski - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/liw/linux/cola.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNOIR5FrUI/eHXJZ5AQGlUAQAmgoPJUt+pVTNNbzpye37UxooJrcYkdDc 1HzKmKKew+UDM2MIvpSCvWZgNheP2Pk87i2+H5vrjla1TBokC9v9MWuQWWVo8KnE MEWYU/k2F+3rXpVsfRSJWq5toGrIiADZ98W190YenJC5GL616YZCqQBJpqGPER5U ZOLU4RoyKHM= =FqDL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----