From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: Chris Gray Cc: eCos discussion Subject: Re: [ECOS] Advice for student project Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 09:03:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B6ACB5D.4B836CCA@redhat.com> References: <3B691926.D5774A01@acunia.com> <3B698866.E59DAF04@redhat.com> <3B6A9683.E4878B47@acunia.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00127.html Chris Gray wrote: > > 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. And a lot cheaper too (both upfront and royalty), and smaller (resource footprint) as well as having full control over the sources. > 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. There isn't PPP support in eCos I'm afraid. There _is_ compact flash ethernet support for the iPAQ however. Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062 Maybe this world is another planet's Hell -Aldous Huxley || Opinions==mine