[SOLVED] Many files or one file

Hi all

One question bugs me for long time .

The LINUX os contains many many files when on disk .

what happens when it is transformed to the target
micro controller flask memory compiled , what then
will it be still composed of many compiled files or just one file that will do the job ?

Thanks
Elico

Whatever host architecture Linux runs on, a filesystem is required, and there will be numerous files populating that filesystem. Flash memory, if used by Linux, must be suitably formatted with a partition table and filesystem(s).
--- rod.

First, could you clarify what kind of application you are talking about? You said "microcontroller", which implies some kind of special-purpose application.

Second, note that "Linux OS" could mean just the kernel + a few utilities, or it could mean a complete desktop system.

Regardless of the application, any computer SW (including an OS) CAN be put into one file---it almost never, however, makes any sense to do so.

Thanks
Elico

It is worth noting that if your using nand flash, nor flash, etc, you will typically be writing one or more bootloader images, a kernel image, and a rootfs image (jffs2, yaffs, units, etc). You won't write each file in the file system individually.