In message <Pine.GSO.4.44.0311121132480.5676-100000@ares.mmc.atmel.com> you
wrote:
> Has anyone out there used uClinux or snapgear's distro with a mips
> processor? Did you have any unexpected suprises? Do these tools help get
> the footprint smaller or is it easier to do something with the linux-mips
> tree?
I have seen uCLinux running on the Purple board (MIPS 5Kc CPU core).
If you have a MMU on your chip you should always go for the "real" Linux.
Reducing the memory footprint is not so much a kernel issue but one
of the application level - using standard tools linked against glibc
vs. busybox with uClibc for example.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice
versa.
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