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How to Embed Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tiny-penguins dept.

Doc Ruby writes "LinuxJournal has an intro to uCLinux by David McCullough, one of the project developers. Specific techniques are discussed for Linux programming on this version, that runs on devices without the MMU that the Linux VM usually requires. Developers can make Linux apps run on uCLinux devices, including PDAs like a Palm IIIx, routers, DVD players, and even a FPGA."

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  1. Re:This may be a dumb question.. by maximus21 · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.uclinux.org/index.html

    you see linux

  2. Re:Embed Linux? It's not an ideal choice. by Voivod · · Score: 3, Informative

    Two words: Interrupt latency.

    Tried RTLinux? All the fun of Linux, with all the benefits of a hard real-time microkernel. I just finished about 3 weeks of development with it, and it performed as advertised. It was very cool to have a scope hooked up watching interrupt line latency and see no change in ISR performance as I ran a kernel compile and copied huge files around in the background while my hard real-time task continued marching along.