I meant that uClinux is stored in some non-volatile storage such as ROM or flash memory. But definitely, uClinux does not load from hard disk.
Pablo Manalastas *** --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Rowel Atienza <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rowel Atienza <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Smartmatic PCOS machines use embedded uClinux > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 8:49 PM > I doubt the use of ROM to store > election program. ROM is hard to > program, expensive, low density and simply not flexible. It > is a > nightmare to recall 82K machines if a serious bug in the > program > stored in ROM is found. The program must be stored in flash > (NAND or > NOR). > > rowel > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Pablo Manalastas > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The Smartmatic PCOS computer that they propose to use > for the May 2010 elections uses uClinux, uClibC, and a > program that page-scans the paper ballots and counts the > votes, all burned into ROM. Since Smartmatic is confident > enough to burn their election program into ROM, this means > that they are sure that their programs will pass the source > code review provision of RA-9369, and will count the votes > correctly, barring bugs in their program. > > > > Read more in my Multiply blog: > > > > http://pmana.multiply.com/journal/item/51/Smartmatics_PHP7.2_billion_bid_is_NOT_ridiculously_low_May_31_09 > > > > Pablo Manalastas > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
