On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:30:35 +0000, Grinder wrote:

> Arno Wagner wrote:
>> And I was not even talking about embedded Linux. Many of these
>> small devices run a full Linux kernel.
>
> I'm not trying to jump into your on-going dispute/debate, but I'm
> curious as to what you mean by the statement above.
>
> Isn't "embedded Linux" a "full Linux kernel" running on a dedicated
> device? I thought that the footprint of such systems were reduced by
> paring away libraries, not the most basic part of the OS--the kernel.
>
> See this, possibly non-authoritative, remark from wikipedia:
>
> | Embedded Linux systems combine the Linux kernel with a
> | small set of free software utilities.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_Linux

On an embedded device, you would compile your kernel with only the needed
hardware configured. On a normal distro, the kernel is configured to enable
as much hardware as possible, to serve a variety of users. Usually with
modules that any one computer may never need. So, in my understanding, a
full linux kernel is used for embedded, but only as full as needed to work
on that type of device.

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