Celejar wrote: > Reco wrote: > > Linux's minimum requirement of 32 bits is really pushing the limit of > > "embedded". > > Your opinion, but you haven't provided any real source for your > stringent definition.
It isn't completely black and white. It is a gray scale. But generally by the time you get to use malloc() without thought is when it is no longer an "embedded" system. Having a full Linux kernel available really pushes the definition of embedded. Even if there is "Embedded Linux". > > As long as you can install additional software - it's not "embedded". > > OpenWrt is the full-blown multipurpose OS. The real "embedded" system > > consists of OS kernel and one single userspace program. And that's it. I think OpenWRT is right on the line. I find it very restricted. But at the same time it isn't writing an application in assembly. > Okay, so you just basically disagree with the OpenWrt devs on the > definition of embedded: > > "OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices." I do have WRT54GL boxes that can install OpenWRT, Tomato, DD-WRT, and the others. But most of the WRT54G series had too little memory and flash and couldn't install other firmware bundles. It is a long gray scale. It really isn't quite so black and white. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
