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- From: meulenbr@ce.philips.nl (Frans Meulenbroeks)
- Subject: Re: Minix on 68k
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.101932.13409@philce.ce.philips.nl>
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- Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven
- References: <1gas0cINNjmu@fnnews.fnal.gov> <ADAMS.92Dec12185248@PDV2.pdv2.fmr.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:19:32 GMT
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- I seemed to have missed the original article. However, here is my $ 0.02
- >In article <1gas0cINNjmu@fnnews.fnal.gov> knowles@FNALNL.FNAL.GOV writes:
-
- >> Does anyone know whether MINIX has been successfully
- >> ported to the 68k? Better yet, has it ever been ported
- >> to a PROM-able version suitable for inclusion into a
- >> SBC such as the VME133-1?
-
- MINIX is officially available for atari ST/amiga/mac
- For the atari an upgrade is available to allow MINIX to run on
- STe and TT.
-
- I never made a prom-able version. My version just changes too often.
- If your prom starts at address 0 it should not be too difficult.
- Stuff the .data section also somewhere in ROM. Take care that the kernel
- is linked in such a way that the .data are in ram.
- Add some startup code to clear the ram, and initialize the data segment
- and bingo.
-
- Of course you will have to rewrite the drivers if you want to access
- peripherals.
- --
- Frans Meulenbroeks Philips Research Laboratories
- preferred email address: meulenbr@prl.philips.nl
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