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From: David Given <dg@cowlark.com>
To: Linux-8086 <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] An embedded RTOS ANSI/POSIX compatible
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:04:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C600AE7.9050705@cowlark.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimkkvt0fP62yFOR6+kH0qr0p=rb_pEr5Gxe-VCU@mail.gmail.com>

On 2010-08-05 01:42, Alan Carvalho de Assis wrote:
[...]
> I found an interesting RTOS which could fit where Linux (uClinux) can
> fit: deep embedded system (<100KB Flash,<2KB RAM).

You might also be interested in Prex:

http://prex.sourceforge.net/

It's a very elegant microkernel operating system, also BSD licensed. 
It's bigger than NuttX but it will (optionally) support MMU. There's a 
Posix layer that can be used to run userland programs complete with 
fork() and vfork() (hardware allowing).

I recently ported it to the Cybiko to see what it was like. The Cybiko 
is an H8-based device with 256kB flash and 256kB RAM; it ran fine, but 
the developer shell was rather too big to be useful!

It really requires a 32-bit processor, but it may be possible to wedge 
it into a 8088 given the right compiler in huge mode.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-08-09 14:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-05  0:42 [OT] An embedded RTOS ANSI/POSIX compatible Alan Carvalho de Assis
2010-08-09  8:04 ` Hans
2010-08-09 12:52   ` Alan Carvalho de Assis
2010-08-09 14:04 ` David Given [this message]
2010-08-09 16:54   ` Gregg Levine
2010-08-10 10:58     ` David Given

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