#asciilifeform | 2023-08-22

11:45	amberglint	hi asciilifeform
11:45	amberglint	I have a question about http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2023-08-21#1029969
11:45	amberglint	have you considered cutting the mmu emulation to the bone by hardwiring the address translation 1-to-1?
11:45	amberglint	it's not like you need multiple address spaces inside the emulator anyway as you can simply run it in multiple host processes
11:45	amberglint	afaik Linux can be coaxed to run without a "proper" mmu
11:54	amberglint	here's a recent tutorial, for RISC-V rather than MIPS, but I think it shouldn't be too different: https://github.com/vowstar/k210-linux-nommu
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13:48	asciilifeform	http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2023-08-22#1115181 << considered mmu-less linux, yes. but not had time to experiment further.
13:48	dulapbot	Logged on 2023-08-22 11:45:13 amberglint: have you considered cutting the mmu emulation to the bone by hardwiring the address translation 1-to-1?
13:49	asciilifeform	the problem is, you still need good chunk of addr translation logic for the memory-mapped i/o.
13:50	asciilifeform	subj.
13:51	asciilifeform	but yes would be massively lighter if mmuless.