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To clarify the article's text, uClinux is not (just) a distribution, but a version of the kernel that rus on MMU-less hardware.

The full Linux kernel does have m68k support, but it needs a 68020 or better CPU. This gets you real memory protection, VM etc.



Wasn't uClinux merged into mainline a long time ago?


You can build it from the mainline git repo, but what you get is a version of the kernel with defining features of Linux/Unix missing.


What's missing? I haven't used uClinux before but I consider it on a cortex m4 - what should I be wary of?


Well...68020+68851 PMMU chip. Regular Linux won't run on just an '020.




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