It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-( - Linux Torvalds (1991)
I've never heard of this "Linux" thing but it sounds like it doesn't support any of them 😤
Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU — CPU precedes the OS by 20 years
In essence, to bridge the hardware/software divide, the enthusiast emulated the more capable MIPS R3000 processor, which boasts the required C compiler support.
As long as they can talk to external storage, which I expect all of them can, all of them can probably emulate each other, so all of them can probably boot Linux.
I assumed the Spartan 6 didn't have enough LEs to run a microblaze with MMU, but the pictured one is a 75kLUT part so you could probably fit at least a simple dual core design!
Yeah, but it's for a PXA255 XScale (ARM) processor, not x86. I'm trying to figure out if it requires any binary blobs or other non-mainline tweaks for Linux to work on it, but haven't found a definitive answer yet.
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I've never heard of this "Linux" thing but it sounds like it doesn't support any of them 😤
I think Linux has implemented support for more things since then. He's just an upstanding guy.
Great guy, that Linux Torvaldx
He's the best.
I like him on The WAN Show
Enough with this politically-correct bullshit. It's Linuo or Linue.
I love his Linux Tech Tips show.
All it needed were people willing to port it to other architectures, which usually helps with open source projects.
Safe guess is never stop clicking
There's one empty square.
it's just de-labeled, determined penguins can overcome that
Oh :)
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/linux-takes-476-days-to-boot-on-an-ancient-intel-4004-cpu-cpu-precedes-the-os-by-20-years
As long as they can talk to external storage, which I expect all of them can, all of them can probably emulate each other, so all of them can probably boot Linux.
The power of Turing completeness.
Technically it would be possible to boot Linux on a deck of Magic: The Gathering cards. During your opponent's turn.
Well, at least one is an FPGA not an SOC...
Well, nobody said that the images will only be of SoCs. The request was to select all SoCs that can boot mainline Linux.
In regular captcha you get requests that say "select all traffic lights". Guess what, not all squares will be traffic lights.
Implement an SOC on the FPGA and boot away!
I assumed the Spartan 6 didn't have enough LEs to run a microblaze with MMU, but the pictured one is a 75kLUT part so you could probably fit at least a simple dual core design!
But you can put a MicroBlaze in there and boot Linux.
So it turns out you can, see my other post, I stand corrected
Replace Linux with NetBSD, and then I'll just put my entire hand on the touchscreen
Probably would also work with Linux
Isn't it all of them?
Isn't it none of them, because they all want special-snowflake configurations that are supported by the vendor and not upstreamed to "mainline?"
There's an Intel one in there...
Yeah, but it's for a PXA255 XScale (ARM) processor, not x86. I'm trying to figure out if it requires any binary blobs or other non-mainline tweaks for Linux to work on it, but haven't found a definitive answer yet.
What is our cutoff for "mainline?"
Now do RISC.
Everything except mediatek
Unless you are talking about network hardware
rk3399 from experience
Ohhh, there's a fork for that.
rk3399 has been on mainline for a good while, no? I think rk3588 is too at this point, even.
The purity testing is real...😭
what the fuck bro
gotta go rockchip, no?
I was quite successful with Yocto Project for the SoCs I use.
Probably the Motorola, otherwise none