Re: [rtl] RTLinux footprint

[Stuart Hughes <sehughes@zentropix.com>]

Hi Dyd,

For footprint, read size.  Dave's trying to work out how small you can
make a viable Linux system.  Incidentally we have delivered x86 systems
for the last year that can boot and run RT applications from a floppy
sized image in less than 8 Megs of RAM.  I think this could be reduced
further (with effort).

Regards, Stuart


dyd wrote:
> 
> Hi, all
> 
> My native language is not English, so I don't know the exact mean of footprint.
> Anybody can help mean, thx a lot.
> 
> Dyd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Dave Chase [SMTP:londoc@blackbury.com]
> Sent:   Wednesday, March 08, 2000 10:38 AM
> To:     rtl@rtlinux.org
> Subject:        [rtl] RTLinux footprint
> 
>  << File: londoc.vcf >> I am trying to determine whether some flavor of RT Linux is suitable for
> my application. Target is based on the AMD Elan chip (x86 system), <1mB
> pgm memory and flash storage (<4MB). Will use PPP to support online
> target management via SNMP (MIB-based) or WWW (Server based). RT
> performance is not a serious issue. What is a reasonable embedded
> footprint for embedded Linux, supporting simple flash file system,
> protocol stack, and WWW server/SNMP Agent?