Darren J Moffat wrote:
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>
>> I've got a fair bit of experience with embedded UNIX now, and I can tell
>> you that (practically) nobody is serious about using Solaris in an
>> embedded context because it is just too huge. Assumptions about
>> practically unlimited amounts of storage and core memory are, IMO, at
>> the root of this.
>
> Do people seriously use the default RedHat installer to build embedded
> systems based on Linux ? I suspect nobody does that.
>
> So why would one be expected to use the default Solaris installer and
> be constrained by what it things is a minimal install if one is
> building an embedded system based on OpenSolaris.
>
> One of the things I really really hope appears soon for OpenSolaris is
> a tiny embedded distro, say a small router or something. Now I know a
> lot of those systems often run on processors OpenSolaris doesn't yet
> have sufficient support for but an experiment could be done with
> something like a VIA C7 based system. An ultra stripped down system
> designed to do one task. That would IMO be a better comparison for
> how Linux is used in embedded systems.
>
And that's what I'm talking about. I'm not concerned about the
installer. But I do want to be able to formulate a recipe for a tiny
distro. That's a lot harder when "critical" pieces are implemented in
languages like perl.
-- Garrett
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