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

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stingpie@lemmy.world
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Anything that’s turning complete, has enough ram, and has a c compiler can run Linux. Theoretically, you could program a CPLD to run brainfuck and you could still run Linux.

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Tja@programming.dev
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The mainline part is key.

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stingpie@lemmy.world
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Yes. Any turing complete processor can perfectly emulate any other turing complete processor, whether it is x86, arm, or riscv. Mainline Linux can then run on this emulated processor without modification.

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Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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Damn that’s gonna be slow.

But I guess speed was not a criterion.

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Tja@programming.dev
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I guess it’s the difference of can today vs could if this emulator existed…

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monk@lemmy.unboiled.info
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“boot” is the next important part. Have you tried reading it in full?

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xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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…and lack of “theory”.

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