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Select all SoCs which can boot mainline linux. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Boot = Bootstrap

If you've loaded up a virtual CPU first that's not a boot of mainline Linux on the CPU.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I respectfully disagree. The turning machine is not doing any set-up before the emulated CPU begins execution, and all of the actual BIOS is done by the emulated CPU.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Nerd argument.