Date   : Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:21:05 +0100
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: About ARM PC

On 29/12/2011 03:43, Michael Foot wrote:

> Even on the BeagleBoard, from cold boot, Linux takes a lot longer than 3
> seconds to start up in my experience.
[...]
> The other issue is that I'm not aware of an ARM Linux version of BeebEm
> existing and it would need to run under a GUI also.

I have an insane idea.


Would it be possible to cobble together from the Linux code the 
*minimum* necessary to bring up the system, which could then run an 
embedded version of BeebEm (in other words, BeebEm *is* part of the 
mini-kernel)?


> Having the OSes on SD card is a bonus,

Extremely. No worries about bricking the thing either!


Best wishes,

Rick.

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