Linux/m68k

Introduction

Linux/m68k is the port of the Linux operating system to run on systems using Motorola's 68020, 68030, 68040 and 68060 microprocessors.

Linux/m68k 2.4

Linux/m68k 2.4.5

Download the patch here.

Linux/m68k 2.4.4

Download the patch here.

Linux/m68k 2.4.1

Changes:

• Merge with Linus' 2.4.1
• Ptrace fixes [Andreas Schwab]
• VME SCC fixes [Nick Holgate & Enver Haase]
• 53c7xx Scsi_Host_Template fixes [Richard Hirst]
• A3000 SCSI error path fixes [Rasmus Andersen & Roman Zippel]
• Check return value of request_irq() for Atari SCSI, Amiga Blizzard 1230 SCSI, Amiga Fastlane SCSI, and Sun3x ESP SCSI [Rasmus Andersen]
• Check return value of request_irq() and register_scsi() for MVME147 [Rasmus Andersen]
• 53c7xx SCSI error path fixes [Rasmus Andersen]
• Mac Centris 600 Sonic Ethernet fixes (I left out the changes for the Olivetti M700-10 Risc PC, as they are for MIPS) [Sam Creasey]
• A2232 serial driver updates [Enver Haase]
• Sun3/Sun3x updates [Sam Creasey]
• Genrtc+q40rtc merge [Richard Zidlicky]
• Fix bug in inline asm in ffs() [me]
• Remove prototype for sys_wait4() (was moved to generic sched.h) [me]
• Restore typo-fixes in Sun3 comments [me]
• Restore `must be longs for set_bit()' in sun3lance code [me]
• Clean up genrtc (compile on non-Q40, weird indentation, ...) [me]
• Remove relics of obsolete Q40 RTC driver [me]

Download the patch here.

Linux/m68k 2.4.0

Download the patch here.

Programming Activities

I got involved with Linux/m68k in early 1994. The first thing I did was writing a driver for the builtin IDE interface in the Amiga 4000, so I could install Linux on my disk. This required cross-compiling a kernel under AmigaOS, which was much harder than compiling a kernel under Linux.

Later I worked on almost all pieces of the Linux/m68k kernel:

• Ethernet: Ariadne (first Ethernet ping on Linux/m68k!), A2065 and Ariadne II
• Amiga sound
• Amiga frame buffer device
• XF68_FBDev
• ...

Registry

I used to maintain the Linux/m68k Registration Site, where users of Linux/m68k can register.