Re: Minimal x86 memory requirements

2011-02-14 Thread Rob Landley
On 02/14/2011 06:33 PM, Darren Hart wrote: > I'm looking to build a bare minimum x86 kernel that will boot and run > busybox, nothing else (and eventually less than that). Assuming I do > need USB-HID, IDE, and basic TCP/IP, what should I expect to be the > least RAM I could get away with just to b

Minimal x86 memory requirements

2011-02-14 Thread Darren Hart
I'm looking to build a bare minimum x86 kernel that will boot and run busybox, nothing else (and eventually less than that). Assuming I do need USB-HID, IDE, and basic TCP/IP, what should I expect to be the least RAM I could get away with just to boot off flash, get a getty, login, and take a f

Re: [PWM v3: 1/3] PWM: Implement a generic PWM framework

2011-02-14 Thread Bill Gatliff
Sascha: Keep the great comments coming! My replies inlined below. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote: > The gpio framework does this with 'export', and it does exactly what you > need: Make sure that a gpio is not used by both the kernel and > userspace. Unlike the pwm api thi

Re: [PWM v3: 1/3] PWM: Implement a generic PWM framework

2011-02-14 Thread Sascha Hauer
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:22:27PM -0600, Bill Gatliff wrote: > Sascha: > > > > The objective of the sysfs request attribute is to prevent > simultaneous uses of a channel in both kernel and user spaces. Same > as with GPIO pins. The gpio framework does this with 'export', and it does exactly