Re: PROPOSAL : multi-way cache support in Linux/MIPS

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 04:10:43PM -0700, Jun Sun wrote:

> > So, to get back to Linux, a MIPS32 part can *almost*
> > run the standard MIPS R4K kernel.  Almost.  What had
> 
> Still one more question.  If I understand correctly, the 4Km and 4Kp are
> MIPS32 CPUs.  However, they don't have TLBs.  Right?  Without TLBs, I
> don't suppose Linux will run ...

There is ``Microcontroller Linux'' aka uclinux available at www.uclinux.org.
It could be ported to TLB-less processors.  You'd loose some of the
important functionality of the standard Linux, including some source
compatibility.

  Ralf