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List of Linux-supported computer architectures

The basic components of the Linux family of operating systems, which are based on the Linux kernel, the GNU C Library, BusyBox or forks thereof like μClinux and uClibc, have been programmed with a certain level of abstraction in mind. Also, there are distinct code paths in the assembly language or C source code which support certain hardware. Therefore, the source code can be successfully compiled on‍—‌or cross-compiled for‍—‌a great number of computer architectures.

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DEC Alpha (alpha) • Synopsys DesignWare ARC cores, originally developed by ARC International (arc) • ARM family of instruction sets (32- and 64-bit) (arm and arm64): • Acorn Archimedes and RiscPC series (original machines were supported in 2.6.22) • AllwinnerApple A series processorsApple M series processorsBroadcom VideoCore • DEC StrongARMSamsung ExynosMarvell (formerly Intel) XScaleSharp ZaurusHiSiliconiPAQPalm, Inc.'s Tungsten HandheldGamePark Holdings' GP2XOpen PandoraMediaTekNokia 770 Internet TabletNokia N800Nokia N810Nokia N900NomadikNovaThor (discontinued) • gumstixSony MyloQualcomm SnapdragonNvidia TegraTI OMAPPsion 5, 5MX, Series 7, netBookRockchip • Some models of Apple iPods (via iPodLinux) • OpenMoko Neo 1973, Neo FreeRunnerFreescale's (formerly Motorola's) i.MX multimedia processors • C-SKY (csky) • Qualcomm Hexagon (hexagon) • Loongson • LoongArch32 (loongarch32) • LoongArch64 (loongarch64) • Freescale's (formerly Motorola's) 68k architecture (68020, 68030, 68040, 68060) (m68k): • Some Amigas: A1200, A2500, A3000, A4000Apple Macintosh II, LC, Quadra, Centris and early Performa series • Some Atari computers (TT and Falcon030) • MicroBlaze from Xilinx (microblaze) • MIPS architecture (mips): • DingooInfineon's Amazon & Danube Network Processors • Ingenic Jz4740 • Loongson (MIPS-compatible), and models 2 and 2E, from BLX IC Design Ltd (China) • Some PlayStation 2 models, through the PS2 Linux project • PlayStation Portable uClinux 2.4.19 port • Broadcom wireless chipsets • Dreambox (HD models) • Cavium Octeon packet processors • Intel (Altera) NIOS II ARM - nios2 • OpenRISC (openrisc) • OpenRISC 1000 family in the mainline Linux Kernel as of 3.1 • Beyond Semiconductor OR1200 • Beyond Semiconductor OR1210 • Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC (parisc) • PowerPC architecture (powerpc): • IBM's Cell (Sony's PlayStation 3) • Most pre-Intel Apple computers (all PCI-based Power Macintoshes, limited support for the older NuBus Power Macs) • Clones of the PCI Power Mac marketed by Power Computing, UMAX and Motorola • Amigas upgraded with a "Power-UP" card (such as the Blizzard or CyberStorm) • AmigaOne motherboard from Eyetech Group Ltd (UK) • Samantha from Soft3 (Italy) • IBM RS/6000, AS/400 and pSeries systems • Pegasos I and II boards from Genesi • GameCube and Wii, through GameCube Linux • Project BlackDog from Realm Systems, Inc. • Microsoft's Xbox 360, through the free60 project • V-Dragon CPU from Culturecom • Virtex II Pro field-programmable gate array (FPGA) from Xilinx with PowerPC cores • Dreambox (non-HD models) • RISC-V (riscv) • z/Architecture (IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE) (s390x) • SuperH (sh) • Sega Dreamcast (SuperH SH4) • HP Jornada 680 through Jlime distribution (SuperH SH3) • SPARC (sparc) • SPARC (32-bit): • LEON • UltraSPARC (64-bit): • Sun Ultra seriesSun BladeSun FireSPARC Enterprise systems, also the based on the UltraSPARC T1, UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T3, and UltraSPARC T4 processors • x86 architecture (x86): • IBM PC compatibles using IA-32 and x86-64 processors: • The entire Pentium series and its Celeron and Xeon variants • Intel Core processors • AMD 5x86, K5, K6, Athlon (all 32-bit versions), Duron, Sempronx86-64: 64-bit processor architecture, now officially known as AMD64 (AMD) or Intel64 (Intel); supported by the Athlon 64, Opteron and Intel Core 2 processors, among others • Cyrix 5x86, 6x86 (M1), 6x86MX and MediaGX (National/AMD Geode) series • VIA Technologies Eden (Samuel II), VIA C3, and VIA C7 processors (all 32-bit) and VIA Nano (x86-64) • Zhaoxin ZX-7000. • Transmeta CrusoeMicrosoft's Xbox (Pentium III processor), through the Xbox Linux project • SGI Visual Workstation (Pentium II/III processor(s) with SGI chipset) • FM TownsSun Microsystems Sun386i workstation (80386 and 80486) • Support for 8086, 8088, 80186, 80188 and 80286 CPUs is under development (the ELKS fork) • Xtensa from Tensilica (xtensa) Additional processors (particularly Freescale's 68000 and ColdFire) are supported by the MMU-less μClinux variant. == Formerly supported ==
Formerly supported
Dropped in 6.15 Intel i486 Dropped in 6.7 Intel IA-64 Itanium, Itanium II (ia64) Dropped in 5.19 Renesas Technology H8 Family (h8300) Dropped in 5.18 Andes Technology NDS32 (nds32) Dropped in 5.12 Texas Instruments TMS320 (c6x) Dropped in 5.9 UniCore32 (unicore32) Dropped in 4.17 Analog Devices Blackfin (supported since 2.6.22) (blackfin) • Axis Communications' ETRAX CRISFujitsu FR-V (frv) • Imagination METAS+core (score) • Mitsubishi M32R (m32r) • Panasonic Corporation MN103 (mn10300) • Tilera Dropped in 4.12 Atmel AVR32 (avr32) Dropped in 3.14 IBM System/390 (31-bit) (s390) Dropped in 3.8 • Intel i386 Dropped in 3.5 SPARCstation/SPARCserver series (sun4m, sun4d) sun4c Dropped in 2.6.27 Sun SPARC Sun-4PC-98 ==See also==
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