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Re: i386 questions
- To: Mike Friedrichs <mike_fr1 at lcc dot net>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] i386 questions
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 14:34:31 -0600 (MDT)
- Cc: eCos Discuss <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
On 03-Jun-00 Mike Friedrichs wrote:
>
> does a 'linux synthetic target' mean that an ecos application will run
> on top of x86 linux. probably sounds elementary but the explanation is
> helpful.
>
> if this is the case what is being gained. it seems one of the advantages
> that ecos has is the small foot print for its os, but when you put on
> top of linux you are back to a very large foot print. the smallest linux
> embedded foot print that i've found still needs 2-8 meg of ram.
>
This _is_ the case. The advantage is that you can write and test your
eCos application, on your desktop, and then deploy it to your embedded
environment. While not everything can be tested in this mode, a lot of
the preliminaries can be. A useful "stepping stone".