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		ndesaulniers on Nov 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple... I'd be curious if you had a rough outline of what are the steps involved in porting Linux to a new target? In particular, I see folks working on a downstream port the the 3DS: https://github.com/xerpi/linux_3ds. I'm kind of curious where do people even start?

heavyset_go on Nov 29, 2020 [–]

Here's an outline for getting Linux running on ARM SoCs: https://elinux.org/images/a/ad/Arm-soc-checklist.pdf

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