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uClinux as an Embedded OS on a DSP (Linux Journal)

uClinux as an Embedded OS on a DSP (Linux Journal)

Posted Oct 8, 2004 13:52 UTC (Fri) by erich (subscriber, #7127)
In reply to: uClinux as an Embedded OS on a DSP (Linux Journal) by aleXXX
Parent article: uClinux as an Embedded OS on a DSP (Linux Journal)

Many emebedded systems - where uclinux comes in - can't do fork anyway, lacking an MMU.


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uClinux as an Embedded OS on a DSP (Linux Journal)

Posted Oct 10, 2004 20:31 UTC (Sun) by jeff@uclinux.org (guest, #8024) [Link]

Well, yes it can... sort of.

It has vfork() and full pthreads. The limitations are really very
small, almost everything ports right across.

Jeff.

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