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		PhantomGremlin on Sept 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arris Cable Modem Teardown Almost assuredly vxworks My Arris modem says `Kernel 2.6.18` That refers to a very very old version of Linux. VxWorks probably costs money to license. Linux can be downloaded for free. :)

tw04 on Sept 12, 2021 [–]

When tcniso was a thing, Motorola was using vxworks. I'm actually shocked that Arris switched to Linux and then went with a 2.6 kernel.

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