6/17/2026 at 4:41:12 PM
by mavdol04
6/17/2026 at 11:48:42 PM
Do you think that once GCC gets a working Wasm backend[1], that it might be possible to build Linux for Wasm directly and skip the RISC-V VM?by spankalee
6/18/2026 at 7:33:44 AM
With RISC‑V emulation we get the virtual hardware components we need to boot Linux like MMU, registers etc. So a GCC WASM backend could definitely help, but I'm not sure it could replace the whole emulation layer.by mavdol04
6/18/2026 at 11:35:17 AM
So we can run this on a browser? a demo on the github page would be great. combine it with an extension to support networking, and you have a winner.by clapthewind
6/18/2026 at 11:54:09 AM
It doesn't have browser support yet because it's WASI-based, so there are a few more steps compared to Emscripten (two different ways to build for WebAssembly). But networking is supposed to work, did you have trouble with it?by mavdol04
6/19/2026 at 3:35:18 AM
I didn't try it. Given jslinux exists, and works, i suspect WASM based linux will be faster and more streamlined.by clapthewind