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New Kernel optimized for Transmeta Crusoe

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:26 pm
by howie368
Found these links pertaining to linux on transmeta equipped tablet PC's.

A video of Arch Linux booting on a crusoe equipped tablet.

http://technology911.com/v/c_QQchhMqHo, ... crusoe-cpu

A forum thread containing links to the transmeta optimized kernel

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=98151

Links to Bugtracker and Kernel Mailinglists and about the NOPL Problem with Geode and Transmeta CPU's

http://notes.osuv.de/doku.php?id=geode

This kernel patch is supposed to make the Crusoe fully i686 compatible with no glibc issues due to the -O2 requirement. It was tested using Arch linux by a poster going by "Synthead."

I am attempting to get Arch going on my dt368 with Synthead's kernel patch, i'll keep you posted.