Hi Chad, On 4/19/10, Chad <chad.page@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That was just something I was tinkering with... > --- > ... I've been meaning to fix up the ELKS build and stuff, but haven't > gotten around to it yet. It'd be nice to get it to build with the > packages in debian+ubuntu (free software can wind up picked up in odd > ways!) but those tools say the kernel's too big. > > If I was to seriously pick the idea up again I'd look at non-MMU arm's > too small to run ucLinux, ala Cortex-M3 chips. The trick there's > minimizing RAM usage - I'm not sure if a conventional UNIX model could > actually do much with the RAM on the MCU's, but with tight utilities > it could be useful for embedded things and education. But in a few > years they'll probably have 512K-1MB RAM and a clever ucLinux setup > might actually work. > I share this same dream with you :-) In fact Cortex-M3 is the best option since it already has uClinux port done, but Stelaris (Texas Instrument) is delaying to release a version with more memory. > For old PC's putting together something around OpenWRT that would turn > an old laptop/desktop into an applicance, as it were, would be quite > useful IMO. A dead-screen laptop could be a wireless router, print > server, and remote media player all at the same time. Making that > something actually easy to set up and use is the important bit... > But I think it should be very nice to see ELKS running in a PC XT, since this computer started a new age, just like PDP7/11 is in relation to Unix age. I wish to have a PC XT at home. Best Regards, Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
