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- From: wybo@adi.com (Dave Wybo)
- Subject: available targets for vxworks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.160037.20037@adi.com>
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- Organization: Applied Dynamics
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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:00:37 GMT
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- In an analysis of real-time kernels, one aspect sometimes overlooked is the
- breadth of hardware in a certain class, that the given kernel is capable of
- running on and/or supported for.
-
- I am interested in the variety of VMEbus based processor boards which are
- supported by vxworks. Having followed this newsgroup for a while, I have a
- pretty good feel that some of the more common flavors are supported, such as
- M68xxx based VME boards from a wide variety of vendors.
-
- Does anyone have any info about other processor boards, such as the HP-RT,
- MC88110, R4400, etc? Anyone have a feel for how long it takes Wind River to
- bring a port of vxworks for a new hardware architecture to market?
-
- Does one necessarily need a full Wind River "blessing" of a new processor board
- in order to get the kernel up and running? i.e. if I have brand xyz 68xxx
- based processor, how much work can I expect to have to do in order to get a
- basic port done? (basic meaning just something running, with maybe a console
- port supported for debugging)
-
- What is the recommended debugging environment for vxworks?
-
- Just how easy is it to take a program that runs on a un*x box, and convert it
- to run under vxworks?
-
- My impression is that there are many happy, or at least satisfied customers
- out there. Any gotcha's? Any environments where vxworks is just plain
- inappropriate?
-
- If I have a single task solution, can I turn off context switching so that I
- keep the o.s. out of the way of my real-time task? (other than clock interrupts
- of course)
-
- I am somewhat familiar with pSOS+ and the ability to run a task in supervisor
- (privileged) mode if I so desire. Is the same true for vxworks?
-
- Are all of these FAQ's? If so, sorry...
-
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