Crossfire wrote: > kjlin was once rumoured to have said: > >> Howdy, >> >> I got an embedded MIPS board recently. >> It has the following features: >> - CPU implements a five-stage pipeline with performance similar to the MIPS R3000 pipeline. >> - MIPS32 compatible instruction set >> - R4000 style privileged resource architecture. >> - Without MMU. >> >> I am estimating the possibility of porting linux on it. >> Can Linux/MIPS 2.2 or 2.4 support for such a board which without MMU ? >> Because i consider it is the most difficult part in the porting process. >> Am i right? > > > the Standard Linux kernels all require an MMU. However, there is a > version of the kernel known as "ucLinux" (Microcontroller Linux) which > will run on CPUs without MMU. > > I don't know if ucLinux has a MIPS target yet. > > C. There isn't (yet) support for MIPS on uClinux. -- Joe (aka joe@uclinux.org)
