On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Frank Ihle <[email protected]> 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:
Most questions are assuming that Busybox is an OS. Please read http://busybox.net/FAQ.html#whatis > (1) What is the minimum footprint in flash memory of BusyBox ? Fully configured busybox (all 350+ applets) on x86 compiles to less than 1 megabyte. > (2) Is there a number for the latency to handle events (e.g. interrupt > latency) ? > (3.1) Is there an investigation about power consumption with BusyBox during > sleep modes ? > (3.2) Is there an investigation about power consumption with BusyBox during > normal/(full) operation mode? > (4) Are sleep modes configurable ? > (5) How many GPIO user out/inputs can be used e.g.: for user interaction > (buttons, LEDS, dip-switches ...) ? > (6) Is there a (stateless/statefull) firewall for BusyBox ? > (7.1) Does BusyBox provide a Network stack ? > (7.2) Does BusyBox provide a Bluetooth stack ? > (7.3) Does BusyBox provide a ZigBee stack ? > (7.4) Does BusyBox provide a ZWave stack ? > (7.5) Does Busybox provide a 6LOWPAN stack ? > (8.1) Due to BusyBox seems to be written in C, is it still possible to > execute a C++ application successfully ? > (8.2) Is it possible to execute a Java application ? > (9) Can applications be debugged while they are executed on the target ? > (11) Is remote login to a target possible, that is running with BusyBox? > (e.g. with telnet or SSH) All of the above assume that Busybox is an OS. It is not. OS provides networks stacks and runs apps. Please read http://busybox.net/FAQ.html#whatis > (10) What is the long-term availability of BusyBox? Can it be expected to be > available for at least 10 years? Unless something drastic happens, yes. The project is popular and will be maintained even if any given individual developer stops working on it. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
