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to support a rich, multi-threaded development environment for deeply embedded
processors.
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- NON-GOALS: (1) It is not a goal to provide the rich level of OS
- features like those provided with Linux.
- Small footprint is more important than features.
- Standard compliance is more important than small footprint.
+ NON-GOALS: (1) It is not a goal to provide the level of OS features like those provided by Linux.
+ In order to work with smaller MCUs, small footprint must be more important than an extensive feature set.
+ But standard compliance is more important than small footprint.
+ Surely a smaller RTOS could be produced by ignoring standards.
+ Think of NuttX is a tiny Linux work-alike with a much reduced feature set.
(2) There is no MMU-based support for processes.
At present, NuttX assumes a flat address space.
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