Subject: Re: NetBSD without MMU ?
To: None <tech-embed@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-ports
Date: 04/11/2002 15:21:06
Pierre Merlin <pierre.merlin@clarus-networks.fr> writes:
> Can NetBSD run with no MMU support (say, on  MPC860) ?

Currently, there isn't a version of NetBSD that runs MMUless. Running
without an MMU would require some pretty extensive changes (like
ripping out the UBC system, replacing fork()+exec() with spawn(),
eliminating use of mmap, etc.)

We (Wasabi) have thought about doing it a couple of times because
sometimes embedded customers come to us wanting MMUless CPUs to run,
but it would be a *lot* of work.

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