[c-nsp] News Item: Cisco Turns Routers Into Linux ApplicationServers

[Jeremy Stretch]

Oh, it's been done...

http://www.kdvelectronics.eu/uClinux-cisco2500/uClinux-cisco2500.html

stretch
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David Coulson wrote:
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>   
>> So, we can run Linux on the Cisco routers,
>>     
> My understanding is that you run Linux on an x86 device connected to 
> your switch/router backplane. The NAM is a good example of an existing 
> Cisco product that fits this model.
>
> Of course, Linux could probably run natively on the CPUs of most Cisco 
> hardware, but I've not heard of anyone trying it :-)
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