From: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Rodrick <daniel.rodrick@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Embedded Linux?
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:29:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9a8748490606220429x47cd9aaav181b2b756149941b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <292693080606212337q61c62cb1s56307a8f00847f8a@mail.gmail.com>
On 22/06/06, Daniel Rodrick <daniel.rodrick@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> 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
Some embedded uses of Linux use the vanilla kernel, some use highly
modified kernels custom, some use vendor kernels. What makes a Linux
kernel embedded is simply that it is used as such.
> that the vanila stock kernel (downloaded from kernel.org) becomes
> "Embedded Linux" when compiled for an embedded processor like ARM /
> PPC etc?
Embedded boards can be found with almost any CPU available under the
sun. You can get embedded boards with arm/ppc/pentium/opteron/c3/sparc
and many more. The type of CPU does not determine if something is
embedded or not. Also, many CPU's that are often used for embedded
projects are also used elsewhere.
Simply put; if you use Linux (in whatever form with whatever hardware)
in an embedded application/project, then it becomes "Embedded Linux" -
simple as that.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-22 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-22 6:37 Embedded Linux? Daniel Rodrick
2006-06-22 8:59 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-06-22 10:38 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-22 11:27 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-06-22 11:29 ` Jesper Juhl [this message]
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2006-06-22 6:38 Daniel Rodrick
2006-06-22 7:19 ` Ray Olszewski
2006-06-22 7:30 ` Daniel Rodrick
2006-06-22 16:49 ` Ray Olszewski
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