On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Jim Thompson wrote:
>On Aug 11, 2004, at 12:35 AM, MonMotha wrote:
>> OK, port Linux to an 8051 with 256 BYTES of RAM and (at most) 64k of
>> ROM.  :-)
>
>Ya know, with folks like Cygnal (sorry Silicon Labs) in the business,
>and Siemens/Infineon with its 32bit ALU in
>an 8051 clone, how long will it be before we see an 8051 clone that
>actually could boot linux?

Is there a requirement for the 8051?  I believe the 2.6 kernel supports
the H8/300 microcontroller.  Granted, the H8/300 is more powerful than the
8051, but it's still a microcontroller.

--jc
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