From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernd Petrovitsch Subject: Re: Embedded Linux? Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:59:30 +0200 Message-ID: <1150966770.14766.26.camel@tara.firmix.at> References: <292693080606212337q61c62cb1s56307a8f00847f8a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <292693080606212337q61c62cb1s56307a8f00847f8a@mail.gmail.com> Sender: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org Errors-to: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Daniel Rodrick Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-newbie@vget.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 12:07 +0530, Daniel Rodrick wrote: [...] > I'm a newbie, true to its every sense, and hence this question. > > I have come across the term "Embedded Linux" a lot of times. Is > embedded linux a different branch of kernel all together? Or is it Not really. > that the vanila stock kernel (downloaded from kernel.org) becomes > "Embedded Linux" when compiled for an embedded processor like ARM / > PPC etc? Yes. But nowadays there also "embedded" boards with Intel-compatible CPUs (e.g. Celerons, VIA-C[23], etc. on PC104 boards, SoC, etc). And not all PPCs can be considered "embedded" - think of IBM high-end PPC machines. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/