On 11/4/07, Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 3, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>
> > But Linksys choose to use smaller OS and not Linux and shed
> > some cost on Flash with the WRT54G. WRT54GL is still selling
> > well but it costs more.
>
> They switched to the VxWorks RTOS.
>
>  From some rumors I read, people still came up with hacks to let you
> load Linux on the hardware instead of buying the more expensive
> WRT54GL "Linux" version.

It seems to be supported by the dd-wrt Micro Edition.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6352077661.html

My WRT54G (free with 2 year Cable Online subscription
along with a USB adapter and a Motorola Cable Modem)
is of V2.2 so it is using Linux. But I do not think I want to
risk of breaking it yet.


Xiaofan
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