P2 CPU "class, " but 386/486 ISA "core" are commonplace -- embedded developers use what they know ...
Bryan J. Smith
b.j.smith at ieee.org
Mon Jun 7 23:57:04 UTC 2004
Although a very simplistic viewpoint, eWeek's Peter Coffee pointed out
this exact phenomenon:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1607953,00.asp
Far too many times, developers plunk a full, desktop-level OS on
embedded systems _when_ the have the CPU, memory and disk resources to
run it. As an engineer who worked years in this industry, I can tell
you this with certainty. That's why many projects just opt for the
extra goodies in an embedded board -- so they can run a full-up OS.
So, again, I re-iterate that Fedora Core should continue to be at least
an i486 ISA compatible distro. To keep engineering support at a minimum
on embedded platforms that have the power and resources to run a full
distro. It's more than just install-time, but service-time too.
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Bryan J. Smith, E.I. -- b.j.smith at ieee.org
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