From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08091C4321D for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:17:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B3A52147A for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:17:11 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 9B3A52147A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-m68k.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727339AbeHWVsC (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:48:02 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-f66.google.com ([209.85.222.66]:43129 "EHLO mail-ua1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726694AbeHWVsC (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:48:02 -0400 Received: by mail-ua1-f66.google.com with SMTP id f4-v6so3794328uao.10 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:17:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=HNiSD5QNORsj1moYPUZ4hTaCCuj3/F5z/FW4H1YlxvA=; b=lVro/egp9FmE5QGkk044H6fiQE5Lr788sJLWkgouxUr48DsHoO6abZ6vE+O/Fccjo9 bDHChsvIW5DZjiXQF3xUq3oRcv5Ra8jLeogORIP1CbJxpvQ+uIp2zMkQv4qsLT01RHMh 2R5PAjzZ63cFoM9Kg3qm27SM33tIZQAEcmBI3Pgn2KevKe5XAJU0XhgC4X2uKD4bXPIr WNQy/cM/3RaHEU8jOu3axAs1YbEtdZvjJkFfdwGdidTH+mlzWWjcMbMO7BG4qjoP9NGo aMVrrVS9fshz+qhbLzM44XUizrCPCuSDWR6Y+tOHac7lWs7nmTolLzO8nTv/UPIhFwCq rnhA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlHmU04iZNPdmrr7CUKoy4Twplj2L7O2DW8ooEnsTulsNGSATeOv Zy0gZ3gPhV7DzbyWhjOHMGJ9MiGGDSQ7AbbiH1PQkw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPzBV04dEjam/QG9o6J4jV+/IJ7VIaNUu8c6T3a0DPZJxC6XM5+o7KpQpfXE6L5Van9Ec8oNpoCN4OjbYltBV/c= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:48a4:: with SMTP id x33-v6mr40209933uac.138.1535048228386; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:17:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180823174359.GA13033@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20180823174359.GA13033@linux.vnet.ibm.com> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:16:55 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Kernel-only deployments? To: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Nicolas Pitre , Josh Triplett , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Paul, On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:44 PM Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Does anyone do kernel-only deployments, for example, setting up an > embedded device having a Linux kernel and absolutely no userspace > whatsoever? Isn't that basically the original porting guide from VxWorks to Linux? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds