The A9 is a multi core Arm processor. Your question is whether linux would support the multicore abilities of the A9 correct? As far as I can tell the A9 is still an ARM processor regardless of the multicore. Please correct me if I am wrong on that.
Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to build linux on an Arm Board. On 10/20/07, wireless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heath Holcomb > > This is more a question as weather the kernel, tool chain, and the > > associated applications (glibc, gcc, busybox, etc...) needed for a > > complete embedded linux OS have been ported to the ARM architecture. > > For the most part linux is supported on the ARM architecture; I > > believe that ARM9 is very well supported. > > > > ARM9 -> ARM11 -> cortex A8 -> A9 is the architecture progression; at > > least I think it is. Please correct me if this is wrong. > > OK, > > > I'll restate my original question. > > > Has anyone used gentoo or the embedded gentoo tool chain to build from > sources a linux kernel that runs on the brand new A9 chip? Is anyone > working on the A9? > > Does anyone have any plans to use gentoo to build a working > A9 linux kernel? > > The A9 is not an Arm9 chip, it's the latest processor in the > new line of Arm's multi processor line. Yes it has many similarities > to the Arm 9 as alluded to above. There is also a single core > version of the A9. > > > > http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARMCortex-A9_MPCore.html > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- Bobby Ramsook City College of NY: Consultant Stuart White Prod.: Network Administrator City College of NY, Electrical Engineering, February 08'
