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Linux Now Runs on the Atari Jaguar, a 1993 Console With Just 2 MB of RAM (linuxiac.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

According to the dev, the biggest challenge was that the Motorola 68000 lacks a Memory Management Unit. So, a standard Linux setup with virtual memory would not work. Luckily, Linux still supports m68k systems without an MMU by using the uClinux/NOMMU option and a flat memory model.

I was honestly expecting it to be weirder hardware, turns out it's a configuration the kernel already supports. Still neat, but somehow a bit of a letdown.

The DSP stuff is cool though, that's sufficiently weird for me.