Subj : silence is golden
To   : Markus Reschke
From : Richard Menedetter
Date : Mon Sep 11 2017 12:08:28

Hi Markus!

10 Sep 2017 17:33, from Markus Reschke -> Sergey Dorofeev:

 SD>> Linux requires at least 386 CPU (that is 32 bit) from the very
 SD>> birth.
 MR> Yep! But Fido is older than linux. BTW you can run linux on a 8 bit
 MR> CPU using an emulator. That was recently done on an ATmega.

There is also a requirement for real HW to have virtual memory.

There used to be ELKS (Extended Linux Kernel Subset) for MMUless CPUs.
No clue if it still exists. Never needed it.

CU, Ricsi

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