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Re: Linux for the HandyBoard
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Thu, 2 Sep 1999 02:55:03 GMT
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Original-From:
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Jonathan Pennington <jwp@!spamcake!awod.com>
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Phil wrote:
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> Friends-
> Is there any way to get a Linux kernel onto the HB?
> -phil
Only way I can figure is to talk to the Linux uC project people at:
http://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/uClinux/
or
http://www.moretonbay.com/coldfire/linux-coldfire.html
Though they don't have a working version for the 68HC11. The thing about
a microcontroller is that it's so different from an intel or alpha-
based microprocessor (really any straight microprocessor) that I think
they have to re-invent the wheels to do anything with it. I can't see it
being much better than the Pcode anyway, because running it would take a
lot more resources. Best to just use a Linux based computer, and tie
into that a bit more (eg. You could build a TK script to use IR for
active communications). Or get a cheap (right!) 486 Single Board
Computer (SBC) with a motor control circuit if you're really serious
about using Linux in a robot. I don't think we'll see a truely viable
Linux kernel for an 8 bit uC for a while, if we ever do.
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Charleston, SC | -Linux User and Advocate
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