Utterly Un-PC link to Linux follows:

"Erin Corliss (Volt Computer)" wrote:
> 
> So what role does the memory management unit actually play in NetBSD?  Is it
> the part that keeps nonprivileged processes from being able to look at
> memory outside their personal space?  Does NetBSD use paging?  If it doesn't
> use paging, it seems like it would be possible to make a kernel that wasn't
> "safe" but would run.  (Processes could accidentally write into the memory
> of other processes and a normal user would be able to write a program to
> look at other people's memory.)   Amiga's operating system worked this way,
> and although it wasn't the most stable thing in the world, it got along well
> as a single-user machine.

Something along the line is done to the Linux kernel, it is called
uCLinux (microcontroller Linux). It currently runs on 68000-based
microcontrollers (the DragonBall 68332 inside the Pilot, and the
ColdFire 5206).

The project's homepage is <http://www.uclinux.org>

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