Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:12:13 -0500 From: Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>, hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: real time Message-ID: <3B31F2AD.E2850728@OARcorp.com> References: <E14vlpX-0008Nr-00@bsdconspiracy.net> <3AF30CF8.FC28EDA1@thehousleys.net> <3AF5D1BF.93588882@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > > James Housley wrote: > > > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > > > > Charles: > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > Joao Carlos <jcarlos@esbrasil.com> asked: > > > > > > > > > > Does FreeBSD has any related work about it as an real time operating > > > > > system? > > > > > Where can i find information about that ?? > > > > > > > > Here's one starting point, > > > > > > > > http://www.rtmx.com/ > > > > > > > > They offer extensions to OpenBSD. > > > > > > Used to. RTMX contributed the RTMX code base to OpenBSD and stopped > > > distributing it themselves over a year ago. Since then, it has > > > disappeared, with no mention of it on the OpenBSD web site. Neither > > > OpenBSD.org, rtmx.com, nor rtmx.net has a "search" feature, so > > > looking for it is nearly impossible. There is nothing in the OpenBSD > > > change logs mentioning RTMX, either. > > > > > > > RTEMS, http://www.oarcorp.com, does compile and run on FreeBSD. I have > > been contacted/contacting one of their main people about closer ties. > > The tools are in the ports tree. > > Tell Joel I said Hi. I like everything about RTEMS except the GPL that > has infested it. I wish we could convince OARcorp to shed this and come > up with a license that allows binary distribution. The licensing issue > is the primary advantage eCOS has over RTEMS at this time, doubly ironic > now that RootHack owns eCOS. I am sorry for missing this. I was out of town at the time and just now cleaning my inbox down to that point. RTEMS is not pure-GPL -- it does allow binary redistribution. It also has an exception that allows linking RTEMS with an application without causing the application to be covered by the GPL. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ -- Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Director of Research & Development joel@OARcorp.com On-Line Applications Research Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS Huntsville AL 35805 Support Available (256) 722-9985 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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