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On 11/21/14 18:20, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:39 PM, <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Regardless, the smaller, cheaper embedded linux crowd is very unlikely to |
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>> ever embrace systemd. Why? Glad you asks. Thousands of reasons, but, |
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>> here are a few: It is very common in embedded (anything) to run multiple |
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>> and often different rtos (real time operating system) on different embedded |
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>> systems products, often to circumvent licenses, royalties, duplication, |
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>> security and a plethora of other reasons. Furthermore, many embedded systems |
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>> run simultaneous codes on a single |
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>> core and systemd does not fit into that scheme of things, at all. |
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>> |
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> Embedded is a VERY broad term. I agree that systemd isn't applicable |
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> in all of these cases, but honestly in the cases where it doesn't |
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> apply I don't see something like openrc or even sysvinit being a great |
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> solution. |
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> For the more PC-like appliance something like systemd is fairly |
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> compelling once it matures, because it is basically a standardized |
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> collection of stuff designed to work together. You could look at it a |
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> bit like busybox in that regard. |
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> This argument is also a bit like saying that since most embedded |
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> devices don't have high-res displays, X11 and Wayland are dead-end |
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> technologies. |
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> The reality is that embedded tends to do things differently - it is |
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> related to your typical desktop distro, but not really in pure |
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> competition. |
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> Look at it another way - the most popular PID 1 on Gentoo-derived |
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> systems isn't even in the main portage repository. I'm speaking of |
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> course of Chromebooks, which run Upstart. |
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> -- |
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> Rich |
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I'm actually familiar with android / Qualcomm stuff and QuRT as well as |
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OKL4. Honestly if it meant a substitute for QuRT could be made available |
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to the public I'd say use whatever-- I'll never buy another device until |
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then. Besides, I'm not sure at which point it became okay to buy a $400+ |
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device use it for 6 months and then throw it in the trash and buy |
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another but I won't be a part of that. |
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