[yocto] I hate busybox!

[Paul D. DeRocco]

> From: Mike Looijmans
>
> "Embedded" in my world is not about RAM or disk size. It's about 
> building a device that has a set task in life, and nothing is as 
> important as that one task. Whether that's running on an i7 
> or an M3 is irrelevant.
> 
> For a system to acquire and process sensor data, record your 
> favorite TV 
> shows, or guide a missile, there's no need for a full fledged 
> bash shell 
> interpreter. It just needs a bit of plumbing to get the 
> application up 
> and running, and that's about it.
> 
> Busybox is for systems like that. For these systems, anything more is 
> overkill, and will waste resources and increase the boot time.

If you've got a 1GB eSSD drive, because that's the smallest you can buy,
having a 382MB image rather than a 346MB image isn't a waste of anything.
How much boot time increase do you think you'll get from full-featured
command line tools? I'd be surprised if it was noticeable to anyone.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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