Re: About the new MSX: what do users think?

[ag0ny]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, �iogo Sperb Schneider wrote:

>  Why are you so sure? For Linux to run, all we need is
> a suitable kernel. Linux kernels were originally
> intended for i386 machines only, but it has been
> ported to PowerPC, i286, Amiga and a few others... Why
> shouldn't it be ported to the Z80? 

Because you would have to rewrite the kernel almost completely. Memory
management, scheduling, etc. It would be a completely different kernel, 
so it wouldn't be Linux. Oh, and there ISN'T a port of Linux for the 286.

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