From owner-freebsd-small Wed Sep 16 10:41:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA23946 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:41:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from adsl179.mpls.uswest.net (adsl179.mpls.uswest.net [209.180.29.179]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA23939 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:41:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oxymoron@waste.org) Received: by waste.org id <83176-2471>; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:40:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:40:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Oliver Xymoron To: Chris Avis cc: linux-embedded@waste.org, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <35FF3766.B2551EC4@rama-tech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Chris Avis wrote: > I have been looking at experimenting with an embedded > solution and started using the Linux Router Project as a > starting point. The Embedded Linux Project looks very much > in its infancy and there is not much information present. That's because there isn't currently a "Project" per se. Many of us are working on our own projects on all sorts of different platforms and this list exists to share information. Given the vast variety of potential platforms for "embedded" Linux, ranging from toasters to headless plug and play web servers, it's hard to guess what that project might entail. The biggest hurdle on making an embeddable Linux on a processor family that's already supported is probably the bootstrapping. Since this will likely vary from design to design because of changing memory maps, chipset initialization, etc., it's hard to see how a generic "project" can help. Most of the other kernel stuff needed to make an embedded box workable, like RAM or ROM disks, serial console support, etc. already exist. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message