Magic Lantern running Linux on Canon

[simie]

It seems that Magic Lantern crew are trying to get Linux kernel running on various Canon bodies.

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=14847

https://youtu.be/IcBEG-g5cJg


It is portable, the same binary runs on all ML-enabled cameras (confirmed for 60D, 600D, 7D, 5D2 and 5D3)
allocates all available RAM
prints debug messages on the camera screen
sets up timer interrupts for scheduling
mounts a 8 MiB ext2fs initial ramdisk
starts /bin/init from the initrd
this init process is a self-contained, libc-less hello world
next step: build userspace binaries (GUI, etc)

Lets not have DSLR viruses though!

Good things come to those who wait!

[bambleweeney]

Not really sure that I see the point ... but at least they're not trying to port Windows 8

[Joan]

Not really sure that I see the point ... but at least they're not trying to port Windows 8

Yesss .... I wouldn't like to see the blue screen of death in my Canon camera !

[inkista]

Not really sure that I see the point ...

(Knowing that crowd) probably just because they CAN.

or.. OMFG! Criminy. Of course! So they can port some line command stuff over and use it in camera. Like, say, enfuse, cr2hdr, align_image_stack, etc... In-camera single-shot HDR (dual-iso mode) or focus stacking, that kind of thing.

Oh, wow.