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Select all SoCs which can boot mainline linux. (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by deafboy@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 9 months ago

You guys are the best. I reply in what I think is a bit nerdy way, and I'm outdone.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It needed a separate co-processor

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