http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/MINI:KernelPreviewOne
Still a preview with some restrictions but definitively an interesting project
QUOTE said:MIKE p1 is the first public preview release of a Linux kernel for the Nintendo Wii video game console that can run under 'mini' (http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Mini), the IOS firmware replacement from Team Twiizers (http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Team_Twiizers).
This release provides at least the same functionality provided by the existing IOS-based kernel, with some limitations and some enhancements.
Here you can find links to some pre-built binary images compatible with whiite-linux based distros (i.e. you can use one of these kernel images instead of the one that came originally with your whiite-linux system). Please, read the whiite-linux article to learn how to setup a barebones whiite-linux system, and the rest of the document to learn how to properly use the kernel images.
Enhancements of MIKE p1 when running under miniQUOTE said:Audience
This kernel release is targetted at people interested in Linux on the Nintendo Wii which have already installed Bootmii.
QUOTE said:Restrictions:
Latency sensitive applications may suffer
Due to the increase in CPU time wasted doing I/O via mini vs via memory mapped registers, time sensitive applications may behave worst under mini that under IOS.
This will be partially addressed in a future kernel release, but a mini-based kernel by design will suffer from this problem.
Not all available memory is used
The kernel can make use of approximately 11MB more of RAM when running under mini vs when running under IOS. This RAM is still unused on MIKE p1.
This will be addressed in a future kernel release.
OHCI (USB 1.x) may have issues
The OHCI controllers found on the Nintendo Wii video game consoles seem to have hardware bugs. The current OHCI driver adds at least two quirks to workaround the observed incorrect behaviours.
This will be addressed in a future kernel release, as more information gets available.
QUOTE
* EHCI (USB 2.0) is supported
* Increased I/O bandwidth for SDHC, USB 1.x and USB 2.0
Still a preview with some restrictions but definitively an interesting project