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>I have been doing embedded development for 30 years What's your take on the various *BSD distros in the embedded space? A lot of BSD proponents like to talk
by na85 5y ago
>I have been doing embedded development for 30 years
What's your take on the various *BSD distros in the embedded space? A lot of BSD proponents like to talk about the stability and minimalism (a proxy for resource-efficiency I guess) of BSD in comparison to Linux.
Is there any reason to reach for BSD in an embedded application these days?
- voakbasda 5y agoThe BSDs fall into the class of server/desktop systems. They would be a great choice for certain classes of products (e.g. routers) where there exists strong feature alignment, but not something I would consider suitable for producing my usual minimal custom embedded systems. Generally, esoteric hardware support also will be better in Linux, so BSD would likely require porting or writing more drivers when bringing up a custom board. That said, BSDs have not my strongest area, so I would be curious to see others’ experiences and opinions.