From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 13:07:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA19634 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:07:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA19624 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA25720; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:06:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Donald Burr cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD as embedded system? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Donald Burr wrote: > There have been several widely publicized examples of Linux (what's that? > :) ) being run in an "embedded system" type of setup, such as the > hydroponics(?) experiment on the recent Space Shuttle mission. Egads! On the Shuttle? NASA actually tested this? :-) > Anyway, has FreeBSD ever been used in such a setup? Is it possible? What > modifications (if any) would have to be made? And, if this has been done > with FreeBSD, what manufacturers' hardware was used (i.e. what hardware is > compatible?) It has been done. AFAIK there is a discussion list (freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org or somesuch) for discussing embedded systems issues. Also check the mail archives for information. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major