On Wednesday, October 09, 2013 2:22 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > Not sure it really applies, but there was this crazy (russian?) guy who > managed to run Linux on an 8-bit micro-controller: > http://dmitry.gr/index.php?r=05.Projects&proj=07.%20Linux%20on%208bit > > TL;DR: the guy wrote a basic VM running on a 8-bit AVR, emulating the ARM > instruction set (armv5, PXA255), runs a small hypervisor to provide basic > functionality via hypercalls. > > That was just for the fun of it, not an actual product, but it shows how > much the Linux kernel is versatile, and how enthusiast (and crazy!) the > community can be!
OK. That's pretty crazy. I should start a "bizarre Linux implementations" page on the elinux wiki. This could go next to the Javascript implementation: http://bellard.org/jslinux/ Thanks! -- Tim _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list Celinux-dev@lists.celinuxforum.org https://lists.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
