[haiku] Re: Why the MMU?

  • From: "Ari Haviv" <arielbhaviv@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:05:22 -0500

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Zenja Solaja <solaja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have they ever made a 32 bit CPU without an MMU in the last 30 years?  Even
> if such an exotic beast existed, would it be worthwile complicating the
> kernel to support such exotic hardware?  I always thought that Haiku's
> primary target was desktop PC's with modern hardware, not exotic embedded
> devices.
>
> Cheers.
>

well, there is the Natami project to build a new Amiga (http://www.natami.net/)
They had quite a discussion on mmu (they don't like it):
http://www.natami.net/knowledge.php?b=4&note=116&order=&x=0

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