On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 07:40:08PM +0100, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> On 03/26/2012 04:10 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:38:31AM +0100, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> >>
> >>... similar ARM distro ...
> >>http://www.redsleeve.org/
> >>
> >
> >But this is very theoretical as there are no common ARM hardware to run on. (links to newegg, please!)
> 
> There doesn't need to be "common hardware". The rootfs/userspace is
> armv5tel, so it will run on any ARMv5, ARMv6 or ARMv7 CPU.
>


I am not up to speed on the different ARM versions, but would it run on this:
http://www.altera.com/devices/processor/arm/cortex-m1/m-arm-cortex-m1.html
and this:
http://www.altera.com/devices/processor/arm/cortex-a9/m-arm-cortex-a9.html


> You will need different kernels for different SoCs, but all devices come with
> working kernels for them anyway, so there is nothing stopping you
> from using the hardware vendor's kernel with the RS rootfs.


That would be Altera, I guess, but I do not see any downloads for ARM Linux kernels
on their web page. Maybe I should try again in a year...


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