smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?

[Dag-ErlingSmørgrav]

Bernd Walter <ticso at cicely12.cicely.de> writes:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote:
> > Here's one the size of a credit card: <http://www.compulab.co.il/586core.htm>.
> > It's a lot bigger than a 'bump in a cable', but it runs FreeBSD.
> Leaves the question how much of the data on that page is correct.
> The elan chip is 486 class as we all know from soekris systems.

>From www.amd.com:

  The Élan[tm] SC520 microcontroller combines a 32-bit, low-voltage
  Am5x86 CPU with a complete set of integrated peripherals suitable
  for both real-time and PC/AT-compatible embedded applications. The
  device also features a 32-bit PCI bus, a high-performance, 32-bit
  SDRAM interface and a full-featured, high-performance in-circuit
  emulation capability, known as the AMDebug[tm] technology.

so it's not incorrect, though they might get in trouble with Intel
over the use of the Pentium trademark in promotional material for a
product based on an AMD microcontroller.

Regarding the "computer in an ethernet jack" devices mentioned
elsewhere in this thread: good luck trying to run FreeBSD on a 16-bit
microcontroller with no MMU or FPU, 256 kB SRAM and 512 kB DRAM...

DES
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