Re: linux kernel without file system

[Philippe De Muyter]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:27:55PM +0200, Rogan Dawes wrote:
> Philippe De Muyter wrote:
> 
> > Keeping thinking about it, I now think that my 'application program'
> > (basically a serial-to-ethernet converter) should be a kernel thread,
> > because of the small memory constraints.
> > 
> > The question is thus how to access the serial lines from a kernel thread.
> > 
> > Philippe
> 
> If your constraints are that severe, perhaps you should be investigating
> other solutions. e.g. eCos?

I like to reuse (and contribute to) the linux drivers and kernel.

> Linux doesn't ALWAYS have to be the answer :-)

No ? :)

Philippe
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