deafboy@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoSelect all SoCs which can boot mainline linux.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNot only could mainline Linux never run on a 286, it also definitely doesn’t count as an “SoC” to begin with. It needed a separate co-processor just to do floating-point math, let alone to manage all the I/O that a SoC does on-die.
minus-squareTolookah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou guys are the best. I reply in what I think is a bit nerdy way, and I’m outdone.
Not only could mainline Linux never run on a 286, it also definitely doesn’t count as an “SoC” to begin with. It needed a separate co-processor just to do floating-point math, let alone to manage all the I/O that a SoC does on-die.
You guys are the best. I reply in what I think is a bit nerdy way, and I’m outdone.