From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Gray To: Jonathan Larmour Cc: eCos discussion Subject: Re: [ECOS] Advice for student project Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 08:57:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B6A9683.E4878B47@acunia.com> References: <3B691926.D5774A01@acunia.com> <3B698866.E59DAF04@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00126.html Jonathan Larmour wrote: > > If you don't have any device dependencies (at first), the Linux synth > target is a fine place to start. The iPaq is a sexy looking choice for > demos. The iPAQ can also be seen as resembling forthcoming PDAs, 3G mobile phones, etc.. Elsewhere in this company there are people wrestling with WinCE / Creme in order to demonstrate our telematics framework. I am hoping (nay, I am confident) that we can demonstrate something which beats that on every front, using outr own VM and eCos. One thing we do need is IP connectivity. IIRC the synthetic target doesn't have that. I'm assuming that dial-up PPP over a PCMCIA modem on the iPAQ will work. > > > And before anyone asks: the VM in question is scheduled to be > > released under a BSD-ish licence later this month. > > Now that would be interesting :-). > Very. :-> Regards Chris Gray VM Architect, ACUNIA