: "J Jackson" skrev i meddelandet : news:dg9c6p$geq$ snipped-for-privacy@iss-nntp.leeds.ac.uk... : > In comp.sys.arm An Schwob in the USA wrote: : > : None of them. Use a PC if you want to run any Linux, that's a system : > : ready to face all the memory requirements of Linux. These devices are : > : stand alone microcontrollers with the memory on chip. The memory : > : requirements of Linux are downright a joke for embedded memory. : > : Linux = external memory = more complex board = higher price. : > : The money you think you save by using Linux you will spend big time in : > : additional hardware. : >
: > Ok I'll byte. : >
: > First off, I think you were right a few years ago, and now there multichip : > boards that support linux and are beginning to get fairly cheap. : >
: > The big question is how long before we get the Linux SOC? 3/5/8 years? ^^^ : > Full linux not uClinux. : >
: >
: Whats wrong with the current crop of ARM9s & PowerPCs?
Nothing but they systems on a chip
: Ethernet, USB Host, USB Client, LCD controllers, Serial ports, Audio ports : etc.
: -- : A. P. Richelieu