On Thursday 26 June 2014 14:05:34 Frank Ihle wrote: > Dear BusyBox, > > due to we consider about using BusyBox on our Embedded System, I have some > questions left whose answers couldn't be found on the BusyBox homepage or > documentation. > > I hope somebody can give me a bit more information, probably these > questions/answers could be put on the BusyBox homepage, since I think that > other developers trying to get into touch with BusyBox are interested in > these kind of information too. > > Here are the questions: > > (1) What is the minimum footprint in flash memory of BusyBox ? Footprint depends on the build: statically or dynamically linked and on the number of features and/or appletts you compile in. > (2) Is there a number for the latency to handle events (e.g. interrupt > latency) ? Don't know. > (3.1) Is there an investigation about power consumption with BusyBox during > sleep modes ? Don't know. > (3.2) Is there an investigation about power consumption with BusyBox during > normal/(full) operation mode? Don't know. > (4) Are sleep modes configurable ? Don't know. > (5) How many GPIO user out/inputs can be used e.g.: for user interaction > (buttons, LEDS, dip-switches ...) ? I think this is not related to busybox > (6) Is there a (stateless/statefull) firewall for BusyBox ? I think this is not related to busybox. Use iptables? > (7.1) Does BusyBox provide a Network stack ? Run: make menuconfig and look under Networking utilities > (7.2) Does BusyBox provide a Bluetooth stack ? Would say no. > (7.3) Does BusyBox provide a ZigBee stack ? Would say no. > (7.4) Does BusyBox provide a ZWave stack ? Would say No. > (7.5) Does Busybox provide a 6LOWPAN stack ? Wouls say no. > (8.1) Due to BusyBox seems to be written in C, is it still possible to > execute a C++ application successfully ? Yes, If your system has the relevant c++ libraries. > (8.2) Is it possible to execute a Java application ? Yes, if your system has the relevant java runtime environment. > (9) Can applications be debugged while they are executed on the target ? Yes, with strace and/or by enabling Busybox Settings -> Debugging options at compile time. > (10) What is the long-term availability of BusyBox? Can it be expected to be > available for at least 10 years ? You download the source, you will have it forever. > (11) Is remote login to a target possible, that is running with BusyBox? > (e.g. with telnet or SSH) Telnet yes. SSH only if you install a separate SSH server (e.g. Dropbear) > I apologize for questions, that may have already been answered. Thanks for > your help. > > Kind Regards > > Frank Ihle
Hope this helps. Ciao, Tito
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