http://devnulled.com/content/2007/08/interesting-details-about-the-space-shuttle-operating-system/ devnulled provides news, tips, resources, and articles about various topics that software developers and engineers enjoy. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://devnulled.com/content/2007/08/interesting-details-about-the-space-shuttle-operating-system/#comment-194886 Jake Munson Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:05:58 +0000 http://devnulled.com/content/2007/08/interesting-details-about-the-space-shuttle-operating-system/#comment-194886 Speaking of embedded operating systems...one day a long time ago (couple of years?), I decided I'd try to compile the Linux kernel from scratch. I was VERY impressed. Every step of the way, when you need to make choices as to what features to bake in, the installer tells you exactly how much space the feature will take, and how much total space you've taken up so far. So if you are targeting a 10 MB memory footprint, you can easily pare your your kernel to a small enough size to allow room for your other software. Also, there's an amazing variety of hardware drivers and software you can load into the Kernel. Speaking of embedded operating systems…one day a long time ago (couple of years?), I decided I’d try to compile the Linux kernel from scratch. I was VERY impressed. Every step of the way, when you need to make choices as to what features to bake in, the installer tells you exactly how much space the feature will take, and how much total space you’ve taken up so far. So if you are targeting a 10 MB memory footprint, you can easily pare your your kernel to a small enough size to allow room for your other software. Also, there’s an amazing variety of hardware drivers and software you can load into the Kernel.

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