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On 03/10/2013 14:55, James wrote: |
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> William Hubbs <williamh <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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>> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 12:04:24AM -0500, Bruce Hill wrote: |
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>>> Just stumbled across some very interesting software/ideas: |
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>>> http://skarnet.org/poweredby.html |
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>> Yes, I have been looking at this for a few days, and some of the other |
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>> members of the OpenRC team are interested in it as well. |
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> I'm not too sure about the kernel sources: |
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> "is provided by Gandi and cannot be modified" |
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That's a GPL violation right there. |
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The developer absolutely totally cannot do that. He/she may refuse to |
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provide support if the kernel image is not what is shipped, but by using |
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Linux they have already bound themselves to an agreement that the |
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sources must be provided and be modifiable. And, they have to host the |
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sources on their own network or provide them on demand |
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> My experiences with embedded *nix is that the kernel sources |
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> are tinkered with, almost constantly to infinity...... |
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> You'd be wise to post to the gentoo-embedded group, where |
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> those learking in the shadows (memory crevaces) have |
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> lots of experiences with a multitude of embedded ventures. |
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> Most embedded ventures end up on the waste heap; they made |
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> critical decision that leave the effort..........borked. |
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> I'd research into the coding+user community, as being |
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> naked and alone on an embedded vetnure, does give rise to |
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> abandonment. |
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> Another consideration is the processor architecture(s) that |
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> the codebase runs on. Most embedded and high end processor |
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> efforts are looking at LOW POWER architectures, as the thrust |
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> of all future efforts. This means on ARM or ARM+x86 or such. |
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> That said, the project does look attractive. |
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> caveat emptor. |
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> hth, |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |