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SubjectRe: Porting m68k/nommu to a new board.
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 06:37, Daniel Palmer <me@danielpalmer.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm building a custom machine based around a 68sec000 (Fully static 68ec000).
> The "board" is a bunch of parts at the moment but I have written a workable
> simulator for the machine which I am using as a testbed for testing things
> like my custom video, DMA controller etc before creating the hardware versions
> in VHDL.
>
> I'm interested in getting mmu-less m68k linux (what used to be known as
> uclinux I guess, seems to be known as m68k/nommu now) running on the simulator
> and later on the real hardware.
>
> From what I can tell the nommu m68k port is still active. But does it actually
> work? All the details on similar hardware (like the older Palm pilots, Atari
> machines) is pretty ancient, around 2.0. Does anyone have a machine running a
> recent kernel? Were there issues getting it running?
>
> I did a bit of digging in the source and doesn't look like it should be too
> difficult to add the specifics for my machine.. I have a 16550 style UART
> emulated for I/O so I don't need to write a framebuffer driver at the moment.
> I'm open to any suggestions people have on how to approach this though.
>
>
> Please CC me as I'm not subscribed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
>
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Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

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