On Thursday 05 December 2002 00:28, Andre Beckedorf wrote:
> Another point would be: How to implement the drivers? Using a
> minimal embedded Linux Kernel as low-level OS to wrap system calls
> coming from the PlatformDriver interface to the devices using some sort
> of "glue-code"? I think this would add additional overhead not really
> needed and would possibly sacrifice performance and memory usage.
Sharp's Zaurus crams Embedix Linux, the Qtopia GUI and all of the built-in
programs (including an office suite) in a 16 MB ROM. I don't think the
memory constraint of using a Linux wrapper would be too high, especially
not with the new Zaurus, which has a 400+ Mhz CPU.
You might consider NewtonOS as a sort of Window Manager/desktop on top of
Embedix. Hee hee.
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