Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:33:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:33:36 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:36512 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:33:34 -0400 Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux? From: Alan Cox To: Alexander Kellett Cc: jw schultz , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20021009073725.GA22778@groucho.verza.com> References: <3DA1CF36.19659.13D4209@localhost> <3DA2BD70.14919.2C6951@localhost> <20021008112719.GC6537@pegasys.ws> <20021009073725.GA22778@groucho.verza.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 09 Oct 2002 12:49:48 +0100 Message-Id: <1034164188.1253.5.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 15 On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 08:37, Alexander Kellett wrote: > This talk of adeos reminds me of something that i'd > "dreamed" of a while back. Whats the feasability of > having a 70kb kernel that barely even provides support > for user space apps and is basically just an hardware > abstraction layer for "applications" that can be > written as kernel modules? Its called FreeDOS, - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/