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Ramon F Herrera
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:32 am Post subject:
What OS is inside the Linksys/Sipura boxes? |
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I am the proud owner of a Sipura ATA, and have used many Linksys boxes
in my home network for a long time, before Cisco acquired them.
I have read that all those boxes are "Linux Inside" (TM) :-)
Can someone confirm or deny that?
What other well-known products run embedded Linux?
TIA,
-Ramon F Herrera |
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kermit
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:
Re: What OS is inside the Linksys/Sipura boxes? |
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Niels Kristian Jensen wrote:
| Quote: | "Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@conexus.net> wrote in
news:1125369145.120949.218560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
I am the proud owner of a Sipura ATA, and have used many Linksys boxes
in my home network for a long time, before Cisco acquired them.
I have read that all those boxes are "Linux Inside" (TM) :-)
Can someone confirm or deny that?
What other well-known products run embedded Linux?
Well Linksys WRT54G(S) springs to mind... with open code and zillions of
free add-on functions, alternative firmware etc., this hardware have sold
much better than it would have done with "closed" code.
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Unfortunately, it is not that open. Some drivers and the "heart" of router -
a program that actually interprets configuration and executes it - are
closed source and unlikely to be ever opened. Besides no one knows for sure
if binary FW that runs in router is actually built from the sources
available (read - how outdated sources are).
=arvi= |
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Niels Kristian Jensen
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:
Re: What OS is inside the Linksys/Sipura boxes? |
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"Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@conexus.net> wrote in
news:1125369145.120949.218560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | I am the proud owner of a Sipura ATA, and have used many Linksys boxes
in my home network for a long time, before Cisco acquired them.
I have read that all those boxes are "Linux Inside" (TM) :-)
Can someone confirm or deny that?
What other well-known products run embedded Linux?
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Well Linksys WRT54G(S) springs to mind... with open code and zillions of
free add-on functions, alternative firmware etc., this hardware have sold
much better than it would have done with "closed" code.
best regards,
NKJensen
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