On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: > If you're on supported CPU's, the BSD's are likely to be a better > choice if you want to avoid legal entanglements. Otherwise, if you > don't mind code disclosure, Linux supports more platforms. Both > are relatively mature, feature-full operating systems when used for > embedded applications.
If your silicon vendor supports BSD's, of course. >From my (little) experience most vendors SDK will be available to Linux and vxWorks but not BSD. This limits companies that are building equipments based on third parties ASIC to use anything but Linux. My 0.02... Felipe