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>It's funny/surprising that you'd say that, given that Linux is the single most dominant OS in the embedded device space. What toolchains are you referring to?
by cartoonfoxes 6y ago
>It's funny/surprising that you'd say that, given that Linux is the single most dominant OS in the embedded device space. What toolchains are you referring to? Here are some well known ones.
No, and no.
The parent was referring to embedded development toolchains - compilers, IDEs, endless small utilities, debuggers, analyzers, etc. etc. Commercial tooling is almost all Windows-exclusive, even if it's using a smattering of open-source bits underneath.
Also no. The "embedded device space" is v a s t. New projects for phones and similar hardware profiles might choose an Android or other flavor of embedded linux, for sure. Even within sexytech consumer products you're more likely targeting something like VxWorks or QNX as not. The physical world, the domain of embedded devices, is not smartphones and SaaS. Unless you're talking about a very specific product category it's laughable to call Linux dominant here.
- computerex 6y ago> The parent was referring to embedded development toolchains - compilers, IDEs, endless small utilities, debuggers, analyzers, etc. etc. I know what the parent was referring to. > Commercial tooling is almost all Windows-exclusive, even if it's using a smattering of open-source bits underneath. No it's not. Literally both of the embedded OS' you mentioned (VxWorks/QNX) support Linux as first class hosts. https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/software-solutions/embedded-software/industrial/qnx-momentics-tools-suite https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/software-solutions/embedded-so... https://www.windriver.com/support/site_configuration/docs/wr_site_cfg_linux_single_ws.pdf https://www.windriver.com/support/site_configuration/docs/wr... What Windows exclusive tooling are you talking about? And you are understimating the prevalence of Linux as the embedded OS for embedded devices.