RE: embedded emc

[Scot Rogers <scotr-at-bogwell.com>]

I'm sure that if one would chop off all the bells and whistles of the RH
6.1/2 version of linux, someone could pack it on to a big enough embedded
spot.  The key is "big enough".  I'm sure that there's a way with standard
technology.





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~-----Original Message-----
~From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]On Behalf Of Fred Herenius
~Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:05 AM
~To: Multiple recipients of list
~Subject: Re: embedded emc
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~Hi Scot,
~
~prolly bios vs booting from flashdisk mixed up here, but never
~mind that. Yes
~it is possible to boot linux from a flashdisk, and then run emc. Linux runs
~perfectly from flash, the definition of perfectly depending on
~your particular
~embedded system.
~
~I ran linux 2.0.x on embedded i486 systems with 4Mb ram and 1Mb flash (or
~was it 2Mb, I'm not entirely sure) years ago, and don't expect the
~8Mb flash
~mark to be too hard for emc with a carefully tuned kernel + libc
~and all. But
~then again, who cares about careful tuning with cheap flash these days.
~
~Quick estimate of flashdisk size requirements:
~ 8Mb = sport
~16Mb = doable
~32Mb = too easy
~
~Disclaimer: I have not actually tried stuffing emc on an embedded system. I
~do however have a bit of experience stuffing linux on embedded systems, and
~see no reason why the above figures shouldn't be feasble.
~
~Fred
~