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Re: how does eCos work on Linux
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: "Mukund JB." <mukundjb at esntechnologies dot co dot in>
- Cc: wayneg at ananzi dot co dot za, ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:56:28 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] how does eCos work on Linux
- References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348113A3DDD@mail.esn.co.in>
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 10:49:18AM +0530, Mukund JB. wrote:
> Yes wayteq,
>
> That's ok. I mean why does a eCos OS require a linux OS to run. Is it not capable of running on its own or to just provide a development environment through Linux?
> Or
> Is it like eCos uses the Linux headers to the run?
eCos does not need anything from Linux. However, for
simulation/testing purposes it is possible to run eCos as a process on
a Linux machine. This is not the normal setup, you normally run it on
the bare metal.
Andrew
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