>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Steve Drake wrote:
>
>> The reason I can see for ELKS is what first lead me to take an interest
>> in it -- the "E" in ELKS stands for "Embeddable."
>
>For those looking for a free, open source, embeddable OS, check out:
>
>http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/
>
>It does require a 32-bit (or 64-bit) processor, but AFAIK that's not a big
>deal for real embedded projects.
If you want an embedded system, you do *not* go for an Intel processor. You
particularly don't go for a 16-bit Intel processor.
They're too expensive, don't have enough oomph, require far too much glue, and require
strange software. If you want an embedded system, you buy an off-the-shelf ARM or
M-Core or SH based processor which consists of one chip with a thousand-and-one
peripherals built in. And you don't run ELKS on it; you run a proprietry RTOS like
eCos or vxWorks or Elate or something.
The reasons for ELKS are primarily for fun and secondly to get useful work out of old
hardware *we already have*. If you start having to pay money for the hardware, it no
longer becomes worth it.
I don't have a problem with this.
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