Very bad. I meant that uClinux, being an embedded system, does not boot from hard disk, but comes from ROM, PROM, EEPROM, flash, etc. And this includes the election application. The reason that my post mentioned ROM is because that is what the tech person at the Smartmatic presentation at Comelec told me.
The mentioned of "non-volatile" storage, is an error here. It might have been one of my senior moments. Sorry. Pablo Manalastas --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Smartmatic PCOS machines use embedded uClinux > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 9:59 AM > > I meant that uClinux is stored in some non-volatile > storage > such as ROM or flash memory. But definitely, uClinux > does > not load from hard disk. > > Pablo Manalastas > *** > > --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Rowel Atienza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Rowel Atienza <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [plug] Smartmatic PCOS machines use > embedded uClinux > > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 8:49 PM > > I doubt the use of ROM to store > > election program. ROM is hard to > > program, expensive, low density and simply not > flexible. It > > is a > > nightmare to recall 82K machines if a serious bug in > the > > program > > stored in ROM is found. The program must be stored in > flash > > (NAND or > > NOR). > > > > rowel > > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Pablo Manalastas > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > The Smartmatic PCOS computer that they propose to > use > > for the May 2010 elections uses uClinux, uClibC, and > a > > program that page-scans the paper ballots and counts > the > > votes, all burned into ROM. Since Smartmatic is > confident > > enough to burn their election program into ROM, this > means > > that they are sure that their programs will pass the > source > > code review provision of RA-9369, and will count the > votes > > correctly, barring bugs in their program. > > > > > > Read more in my Multiply blog: > > > > > > http://pmana.multiply.com/journal/item/51/Smartmatics_PHP7.2_billion_bid_is_NOT_ridiculously_low_May_31_09 > > > > > > Pablo Manalastas > > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
