Re: Re[1]: emc & rtlinux questions and suggestions

[Brian Pitt <bfp-at-earthlink.net>]

sounds like you have your work cut out for yourself :-)

as for the secondary delema you mention I think
alot of EMCers at least are willing to run an older 
kernel for the sake of stability ,a software glitch +
a ton of moving iron can add up to trouble fast
(I've seen this on a new machine tool ,it got BAD)

there will always be some who want to be on the 
bleading edge of things ,and they do alot to move
things forward for everyone else
-- 
Brian

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Terry L. Ridder wrote:
> actually, there are at least six different pieces
> of software being merged to work together.
> 
> 1. glibc (this is separate from gnu gcc)
> 2. gnu compiler
> 3. linux kernel (2.0.38, 2.2.x, 2.4.x)
> 4. rtlinux
> 5. emc
> 6. rcslib
> 7. moving from a 32 bit to 64 bit platform.
> 
> the dialemma is that rtlinux-2.2 does not support
> the alpha platform. rtlinux-3.0-pre8 supports the
> alpha platform. in order to use rtlinux-3.0-pre8
> the linux kernel needs to be 2.4.0-test1. (that
> is what the fsmlabs.com people keep saying.)
> linux-2.4.0-test1 is not stable on the alpha platform,
> linux-2.4.0-test9 has many changes in arch/alpha files
> that improve the stability of the linux kernel on the
> alpha platform.
> 
> i have yet to get either linux-2.4.0-test1 or
> linux-2.4.0-test9 to work with rtlinux-3.0-pre8 on
> the alpha platform. 
> 
> i have been in contact with the rtlinux people at
> fsmlabs.com in an attempt to either obtain their
> help or give them help. this has met with mixed
> results. i have sent them several e-mails this
> weekend and i am waiting on a reply from them.
> 
> a secondary dialemma is that once linux-2.4.0 is
> released and new emc/rcslib users will be wanting
> to run on the new linux kernel release. linux-2.4.0
> includes usb and firewire support. it will not be
> long before the used computer market starts seeing
> computers with usb & firewire.