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TRON + Linux = "T-Linux"

Posted by timothy on from the gudgilla dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The T-Engine Forum and MontaVista Software announced today that they are collaborating to combine the long-dominant Japanese embedded operating system, TRON ("The Real-time Operating system Nucleus"), with embedded Linux, in the hopes of creating a standardized software architecture for embedded devices that takes advantage of open source software and the benefits of Linux."

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  1. question by lingqi · · Score: 4, Insightful
    takes advantage of open source software and the benefits of Linux.

    not trolling, but a genuine question: advantage of open source I can understand - what benefit does linux bring to the embedded world, if they already have the core OS?

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  2. acronyms by shird · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously, what is it with people completely bending the rules of acronyms just to make something sound cute/cool. "The Real-time Operating system Nucleus" should be called "TROSN"

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  3. Re:CPU's? by bobthemonkey13 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Um... According to the Linux Kernel Archives:
    Linux was first developed for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher). These days it also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64 and CRIS architectures.
    So, I'm guessing that they would use that existing kernel code on existing hardware rather than switching to x86. Desktop-oriented x86 chips by Intel and AMD are way too power-hungry and hot to be of any use in most embedded systems -- about the smallest thing you'd find one in would be a game console. Other x86-compatibles such as VIA's Eden might be a bit more practical, but still out of the range of what T-Linux seems to be targeted at. Really, the x86 architecture was never intended for this kind of use (and is horribly broken in general, and probably should be done away with altogether, but that's another rant).