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linux never ran on 16 bit CPUs. that being said, CPUs like the 8051 are still very much alive today.
by pantalaimon 6y ago
linux never ran on 16 bit CPUs.
that being said, CPUs like the 8051 are still very much alive today.
- cesarb 6y ago> linux never ran on 16 bit CPUs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeddable_Linux_Kernel_Subset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeddable_Linux_Kernel_Subset
- ohazi 6y agoThis was a toy project that was never mainlined
- usr1106 6y agoIt doesn't need to mainlained in the same Linux upstream to be serious. I am not familiar with it to say whether it really wasn't that useful for inherent reasons or whether vendors in that space were just more lucky to defend their proprietary solutions than the (mainline) Linux competitors.