Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 06 Oct 2002 11:50:02 -0700 | From | george anzinger <> | Subject | Re: The end of embedded Linux? |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 05:28, David S. Miller wrote: > > Embedded applications tend to have issues which are entirely specific > > to that embedded project. As such, those are things that do not > > belong in a general purpose OS. > > 90% of the embedded Linux problem is not this. Its actually easy to get > most of the embedded needs into the base kernel - in fact they overlap > the other worlds a lot. > > Need low power consumption/resource usage - thats S/390 mainframe > instances and ibm wristwatches. > > Need good cpu control - thats desktop/laptop and embedded > > Need good irq behaviour (pre-empt/low latency) - thats desktop/embedded > > and it carries on like that. > > No the big problem is that each embedded vendor is desperately trying to > keep their changes out of the mainstream so they can screw each other. > In doing so the main people they screw are all their customers. > > So if the embedded people want 2.6 to be good at embedded they need to > get their heads out of their arses and contribute to the mainstream. > Otherwise they'll always be chasing a moving ball, and a ball most > people are kicking the other way down the field. Its a simple fact of > line, if you stick you head up your backside all you get to do is eat > shit > > (and yes there are some embedded people who do contribute but they are > sadly a real minority)
Uh, thanks, I think.
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