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Re: Embedded StrongArm Products [Correction]

From: "R. Paul McCarty" <rpmc@troi.cc.rochester.edu>
Date: Fri Jul 31 09:06:27 1998
Newsgroups: comp.sys.wearables

Kira L. Brown wrote:
> 
> In message <35C09974.201880CA@troi.cc.rochester.edu>
>           "R. Paul McCarty" <rpmc@troi.cc.rochester.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I made a mistake about this.  These aren't StrongARM embedded cpus,
> > they're ARM processors, which are not supported by linux.
> 
> YES THEY ARE!

Hey! you're right. :)

> ARM cpus have the same (the *same*) instruction set as the StrongARM.
> 
> I have personally run Linux on an ARM710 and on a StrongARM110.  It
> cares not one iota as to which of the ARM processors it runs on.

What sort of hardware have you run Linux on? Are these the Acorn
computers?

-Paul
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