On 02/26/2009 05:35 PM, David Jardine wrote:
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 03:20:04PM -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Has there ever been an official 16 bit linux kernel?
I could be wrong but I think the closest would be Minix '87 running on
8086, Linus was not doing his thing until '91 or maybe later, he may
have started on a 8086, not sure.
No, Linux was began as an effort to learn 80386 assembly internals.
Many years ago someone on this list claimed to be running Debian on
an 80386SX, which was, I think, 16-bit (as opposed to the 80386DX).
Hamm or Slink, I believe.
The 80386SX was absolutely a 32-bit CPU. Like the MC68000 from 10
years earlier, it had a 16-bit external data bus, allowing for the
use of less expensive parts.
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