From 6eb956537bf14257531034c50c6dcbc60c4f5fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:30:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove size reduction item... I don't think this is the right place for it. --- en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml | 31 +------------------------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml b/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml index 7698bfded4..a09aa01c7a 100644 --- a/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml +++ b/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml @@ -15,42 +15,13 @@ Ideas//EN" - $FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml,v 1.94 2009/03/12 06:59:36 brooks Exp $ + $FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml,v 1.95 2009/03/12 07:12:37 brooks Exp $ Embedded - - Reduced FreeBSD for Embedded -

Technical Contact: Warner Losh

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In the Linux world, there are a number of packages available - which will grab a bunch of software, including Linux, the tool - chains, packages, etc and create a firmware image for popular - devices. Since FreeBSD is an integrated system, many of these - elements are present in the base system or the ports tree.

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There have been attempts at this problem over the years: - nanobsd, picobsd, and tinybsd are in the tree, Sam Leffler has - his own custom scripts, etc. This project would pick an - approach and use the existing scripts to make it simple to - create images that could be loaded into the firmware of these - devices. Many of the newer devices have 8MB or 16MB flash - parts, so that would be a good size to target for the kernel - and ram disk image. A good way to think of this project is - openwrt for FreeBSD images.

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  • Strong C and scripting language programming skills.
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  • Good knowledge of how FreeBSD is put together.
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- - - Reduced FreeBSD kernel size for embedded

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