Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:01:57 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: So, who makes this one run FreeBSD? ;-) Message-ID: <20050331110156.GA2072@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <424BD3E6.2040002@samsco.org> References: <20050331014311.GA96606@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20050331103614.GL33677@cicely12.cicely.de> <424BD3E6.2040002@samsco.org>
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 03:41:42AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Bernd Walter wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 03:43:12AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > >>http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS8386088053.html > > > > > >As others already said - to small to run FreeBSD. > >No MMU, very tight RAM and code space. > >Note that they are not based on Linux, but on uCLinux, which is > >something different. > >RTEMS should be a good candidate - it is not Linux, but unfortunately > >has large portions under GPL too. > >But considered the small price distance to the smallest Soekris, > >which runs FreeBSD, only the size and supply power is an interesting > >point. > > > > An MMU-less port of any BSD would be very worthwhile, even if it > requires a radical divergence from the original codebase. I was > hoping that such a treat would appear out of NetBSD, but that doesn't > seem to be the case. It's a matter on how far you want to go. There are many MMU and GPL less solutions available. The following can be considered as the other extrem end: uIP, lwIP, Nut/OS, ... Just having the essential to run network based services. There is very much room of what people might expect from systems with more features. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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