Yes, that's a good point. Huge Memory usage.

Does anyone know a way to recompile python with minimal stuff easily?

I remember Deeply Embedded python compiled without floating point and stuff
but they don't seem to be around anymore.

Matthew Sherborne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Peterson" <bapeters@[...].com> 
To: <activepython@[...].com> 
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:48 PM
Subject: Python device driver


>  As a newbie to Python, I can't comment on the success of your proposal;
>  however if what you propose works -- you've got one huge device driver.
>  Essentially all the core functionality of Python as excess baggage.
> 
>  --------------------------------------------------
>  I've been thinking of writing a device driver in python.
> 
>  Some people say this is ridiculous.
> 
>  I used psyco to improve the speed, and now have a program that does the
>  device driver's job (a proprietry touchscreen driver) in user mode.
> 
>  Now, I have no idea how to make the python exe or dll run in kernel mode.
I
>  wonder if there are some special api calls that need to made.
> 
>  I'm downloading WinDriver. I hope this can help me.
> 
>  Does anyone not think this is a crazy thing to do?
> 
>  Why not use python for a device driver?
> 
>  I just see it as python dll is the driver, and the .py file are like
>  permanent configuration file for it.
> 
>  Comments Appreciated
>  Matthew Sherborne
> 
> 
>  Bruce Peterson
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