Garrett D'Amore wrote:
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.
In the general case yes I see your problem.
In this specific case is intrd actually a critical component when
building an embedded system ?
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Darren J Moffat
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