Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 17:26:07 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Brad Walker <bwalker@musings.com> Cc: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ? about kernel size.. Message-ID: <CANCZdfqXfwF_umVBD8V7x=PtcCv1ANGnN3PsM2WabLa5qHAPtg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPKZHbX8BXKC_=8PPvtasqE%2BRj96_mPQkqdRt=hqU6fazxpPfA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPKZHbVyPji-bZwDzM77TN6qybjRcf%2BZe5r6WZmbG98LkhT-rg@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfriqr24Lh9ZuptaC0gEm6gAV6LN9XHcVAJtbyaBejEgNg@mail.gmail.com> <CAPKZHbW%2BG7WnSU__yeYBVPqs8MPmFm-5q_wM4sm9FxHhEEgPDg@mail.gmail.com> <1457473674.1406.46.camel@freebsd.org> <CAPKZHbX8BXKC_=8PPvtasqE%2BRj96_mPQkqdRt=hqU6fazxpPfA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Brad Walker <bwalker@musings.com> wrote: > Correct. > > But, are you saying that no engineering has been done on this yet OR no > amount of engineering could make it work? > > For example, I'm pretty well versed in the Solaris kernel stuff and there > is really no amount of engineering that could make it work in a non-MMU > environment.. > > I was thinking, at least in my mind, is that if Linux can do it certainly > FreeBSD could if the work was done. Am I incorrect? > > It might be possible. No body has done it. It's a bit of a heavy lift. You might be happier looking at a port of retrobsd.org's 2.11 port to tiny mips devices. Warner
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