busybox 1.1.3 - fork on nommu

[Rick Garcia]

Rob Landley wrote:
> I was trying to switch all uses of fork over to vfork.  (In toybox, I'm trying 
> to use vfork for everything from day 1.  So far I have exactly one usage, and 
> it's vfork().)

Is toybox available in any form for download?

> 
>> I mean, I don't expect every developer out there to bow down before the 
>> requirements of a system without a memory manager, but it would make 
>> busybox a much more flexible and attractive package if it addressed the 
>> issue directly.
> 
> It was a todo item of mine.  And it's a ground-up design goal of toybox.  

I've been thinking about just taking ash or lash and banging on them 
until they're in a nommu-friendly state of mind.  I don't think it's 
really possible to SOLVE the problem (kinda stretches across 
kernel->uClibc->apps...), but a shell which was specifically coded for 
nommu systems would go a long way towards side-stepping the issue; then 
the kernel could handle the rest.  I noticed a few emails regarding a 
bbsh which might be appropriate for this... has any work been done on 
that anywhere?  And if so, where can I download it? :)

> 
> Still need to find a toolchain for the thing though, and figure out how to 
> re-flash it.  It's sitting on the couch, in a box, under a cat.  (Her name is 
> George.)

:) sorry... can't help with that.  I'm working on m68knommu... I should 
be getting a coldfire board in a few days that I can play with, so I'm 
should be able to check that I'm not breaking any cpu32 stuff.

> 
> Rob

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