Hi. I have very similar project. I have ARM9 embeded linux and i want to try node.js on it. Im kinda new in all this stuff. Can you point out some doucmentation to start with? Installation guides etc.
On Friday, September 23, 2011 8:27:42 PM UTC+3, John Passaniti wrote: > > I'm evaluating Node.js for use in an embedded system. That system > would be running embedded Linux on an ARM9-class processor (yes, that > has a MMU, so it's not the MMU-less uClinux). The system would have > roughly 64 megabytes of RAM. > > What I'm hoping someone here can give me is an indication of the > quiescent memory footprint of just Node.js targeting that platform. > That would be the size of the standard binary with any debugging > information stripped, and how much RAM Node and V8 gobble before any > application code is loaded. In other words, I want to get the base > memory "cost" of Node.js on such a platform. > > The application that I am looking at using Node.js for would typically > involve UDP-based communications with a handful of embedded systems > while simultaneously managing a web-based GUI. So in this > application, we're not talking about a large number of concurrent > connections. Obviously the only way to know for sure what the run- > time cost of the application code and supporting in-memory data > structures will be is to code it and measure it. But before I run > down a road that may lead to nowhere, I am hoping that someone can > find some useful way to express how much memory I can expect to be > chewed up while Node.js is running code. I'm just looking for some > kind of gross measure that will tell me if Node.js (and V8) even makes > sense. Knowing that, I can either dive deeper or run away screaming. > > Any information those who have worked with bringing Node.js to > embedded Linux on ARM is much appreciated. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
