On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:32:20AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: > > And for embedded systems with which applications is it 100% safe to > > disable this option? > > Sony's digital cameras. We have also several very small automation & measurement devices in the field which run a very dedicated more or less single application which can be carefully audited. In the OSADL safety working group, people are discussing about Linux for safety critical applications. If we want to achieve such scenarios, stripped-down systems are an absolute must. Although increasing processor power even in embedded applications lead to more and more standard-line kernels plus normal userspace components (i.e. glibc instead of uclibc), there are still applications where the final product consists only of the kernel plus the app, whereas during development time, the system has a full-blown configuration. rsc -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hannoversche Str. 2, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
