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    SubjectRe: The end of embedded Linux?

    Well have a nice day and go pay for windriver licenses, or use the source
    to adopt to your needs, or hire somebody who can do it for you.
    Whinning will not help, doing will.

    Regards,

    On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Gigi Duru wrote:

    > Trivial experiment: configure out _ALL_ the options on
    > 2.5.38 and build bzImage. My result? A totally useless
    > 270KB kernel (compressed).
    >
    > Now try to put in some useful stuff and the
    > _compressed_ image will cheerfully approach 1MB. Where
    > are the days when a 200KB kernel would be fully
    > equipped?
    >
    > I know you guys are struggling to bring "world class
    > VM & IO" to Linux, going for SMPs and other big toys,
    > but you are about to lose what you already have: the
    > embedded market.
    >
    > As an embedded developer, I can't stand bloat. I think
    > an OS designer should feel the same, and develop in a
    > fully modular and configurable manner, going for both
    > speed and size. For a long time I've felt that Linux
    > has got it right, but lately I'm not that sure
    > anymore.
    >
    > Gigi Duru
    >
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    Andre Hedrick
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