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Re:Linux 5.0 shown to boot on ESP32 processor by nousermane on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:33PM (#27886969)
"Fast" is relative here. According to the youtube link OP posted in CNX comments, it takes 6 minutes to boot to shell. Still, better than two hours @dmitrygr's ARMv5-on-AVR emulator took.
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Re:Linux 5.0 shown to boot on ESP32 processor by dmitrygr on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:10PM (#27887286)
yeah, 240MHz 32-bit cpu does help compared to the 20-mhz 8-bitter :)

Although, Xtensa can execute out of RAM, so here a JIT could be used for a larger speedup. Maybe i'll build a RiscV-to-xtensa jit some day when i'm bored

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Re:Linux 5.0 shown to boot on ESP32 processor by charleover on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @08:55AM (#27893139)
The video description states 30x speed so I suspect three hours is a more realistic expectation.

https://youtu.be/w9UlZIYZtwI

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