On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 07:18:57PM -0000, j.chitte wrote:
> --- In Steve Meisner <> wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply!! So what I really want to learn is embedded
> > Linux...not Linux on another PC. I wonder if I should cancel the
> > order for the 7800 (it's on backorder anyway) and go with something
> > more mainstream like the 7200...also save a few bucks!
Just how "embedded" do you want? The basic idea of running linux (or
some other OS) is that you don't need to do any low-level embedded stuff
since OS takes care of that. If you want to do everything yourself then
try PIC/AVR microcontrollers or don't use operating system.
> Well I would not take the "TS7800 is not embedded " too literally.
> Certainly embedded systems are getting more and more powerful so in
> some ways the limitations of embedded systems are less than they used
> to be.
Yeah... Considering that it has only 128mb ram and no display makes it
"embedded" for the most people. Only the unix gurus who still only use
text mode displays over serial/ethernet think of it as a normal
computer.
> However, I would take seriously the fact that key hardware elements
> depend on closed-source proprietary drives and even the hardware
> interface is not fully documented.
That is a really bad thing. Everything would be better if there wouldn't
be proprietary/secret documentation of HW interfaces and protocols.
(It's hard to find digital TV receiver that works well in Linux :)
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Anssi Kolehmainen
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