LXer: Hackable: Ubuntu boots on 8-bit microcontroller

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03-30-2012, 09:20 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,907 Rep:	LXer: Hackable: Ubuntu boots on 8-bit microcontroller Published at LXer: Developer Dmitry Grinberg has apparently managed to boot Ubuntu Linux up to the shell on an Atmel 8-bit microcontroller; this has led some to ask if he's a genius or a madman. Since normal Linux distributions expect to find a 32-bit processor and a memory management unit (MMU), Grinberg had to overcome several obstacles. For example, he didn't hesitate to write an ARM emulator (ARMv5TE) for the ATmega1284p, which is slightly overclocked at 24 MHz. The developer said that he chose ARM because he was already familiar with this technology and because Linux runs on ARM processors. Read More...

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