You say
You say
Posted Dec 9, 2005 2:36 UTC (Fri) by jhwang107 (guest, #34421)In reply to: You say by Baylink
Parent article: LinkSys courts Linux hackers with WRT54GL (LinuxDevices)
Right, there are some hidden costs when using Linux, but the same goes to VxWorks based system(s).
You still have to spend time to port the BSP codes, and you still have to spend time test the protocols, fine tune. Overhead for running automated tests on VxWorks is too much for a small system, but may be ok for larger systems. But then again, on large systems, memory isnt a issue, so use Linux not VxWorks.
Linux is just easier to work with compare to VxWorks.
Yeah, in general VxWorks takes less foot print. But I have to mention it is really annoying to have to reinitialize the VxWorks based systems we have *every time* we make a minor configuration change. For what it is worth, choose Nucleus over VxWorks in a peer to peer comparism.
Their licensing cost isnt cheap either. Might as well take the money and increase your memory size.