On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 sherlock@vsnl.com wro= te :

Not at all. The problem is nobody asks any questions. One ha= s to start working with embedded linux to ask questions.

H= ey Im interested in Embedded Linux as well. And i had asked a lot of questi= ons concerning building the root filesystem about amonth ago. The only peop= le who answered were Mr.Mitul Lambani and Chetan S.

The re= cent thread on linux on cell phones was the only thread on embedded stu= ff in a long time. Then again it was just general

probing >for info whic= h is available on google.

I was one of the dudes to hit off t= his thread too and I am still searching for a lot of stuff on this.

If somenone is really interested he would have done the bakgroun d, >outlined the problem, outlined plausable solutions and asked for = ;comments.

Arre the problem is that apart from searching and getting= info about stuff there is very little most of us can do. I atleast am just full of enthusiasm, cuz I haven't got any resources at my hand.

If people are interested we could flag off an embedded proje= ct

on >ither ARM which is the most popular and easily available processo r or >Power PC which has great performance, or ye ol X86 (Via C2/3) whic= h >has a little of everything + familarity. There are others available &= gt;too like 683xxxx, Mips, Sh, roll-ur-own Sparc on xilinx / altera. >Th= is involves a lot of HARD WORK which our grrreat engineers find >wholly = unpalatable. Why to rack ones brains when one can cut and past >from EFY= /Elektor sundry 25 yr old gizmos like wireless network (1 >infrared rec= iever, 1 ir led, 1 555). If u thought it was 802.11 >perish the thought,= most havent heard of such complex decimals "in >the syllabus"= . And microprocessors=8085 menta kit (it should be >labelled dem= entia kit).

Look, I for one, am unemplpoyed , sitting at home = and studying(read:dreaming) about being an Embedded Linux Engineer. So, if = you wanna go ahead with any such projects, Im game. Just that , I need a li= 'l bit of mentoring to do. Tell the time and place to start and we'll hit i= t off.

I am personally interested in roboti= cs. This would involve

mechanics, electronics, embeded hardware and softwar= e and tonnes of fun. It would also provide self education to those involved= / seeking.

I am immensely interested in Robotics myself. But = I always thought that there was very limited scope to get invovled in that subject in India, and I had actually postponed any plans to work on it for = future.

So, if you have anything in mind for that too, youhave= a "bakra" just dying to get exploited :-)

Ra= seel.

Raseel Bhagat

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