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Re: eCos
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: "Baj, Michael" <Michael dot Baj at Level3 dot com>
- Cc: eCos Maintainers <ecos-maintainers at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 23 Jun 2003 09:27:36 -0600
- Subject: Re: eCos
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <3D907ADD9117E348ABBCD4B436623FC20FAFD2@r-dc-b-2nd.genuity.com>
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 14:14, Baj, Michael wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am new to eCos and I am planning on using it to run some selected
> Linux applications on an embedded platform. The application that I am
> intending on running needs to meet these requirements:
>
> Note that your system MUST meet these requirements:
>
> You must have readline and openssl and thier respective development
> packages.
> You must be running Linux 2.4.x
> You must have the Linux Kernel Sources package installed on your system.
>
> Seeing these requirements, is eCos the right operating system for my
> purpose?
Probably not, since eCos is not an embedded Linux system. It might be
possible to run your applications under eCos, but not without
modification. (For example, the packages that you mention have been
ported, but this is probably only part of the issue).
--
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates