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It's pretty trivial for an embedded device to trim down the series of startup tasks to only what's required, and then just write a C program that does those ste
by throwaway984393 2y ago
It's pretty trivial for an embedded device to trim down the series of startup tasks to only what's required, and then just write a C program that does those steps. I certainly wouldn't pick up such a gigantic, complex and potentially insecure package as systemd for an embedded project. I want less moving parts, not more
- telotortium 2y agoIt depends on what you mean by embedded, I suppose. Having a service monitor to restart your jobs is pretty useful too, and it can be tricky enough to write a good one. Something like a baby monitor (to use an example mentioned elsewhere) might run almost as many services as a desktop Linux installation.