On Tuesday 09 April 2013 12:15:18 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 4/9/2013 3:12 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > > The new RTOS builds are close to producing packages as Seb has > > thankfully updated the buildbot to run RT-PREEMPT and Xenomai > > kernels, so it is time to turn what's coming next building on this > > work, and that is the unified binary build. The code for that is > > mostly done, what remains is adapting the build procedure to support > > several targets in one go. However, as an early branch is now winding > > through the buildbot too it might make sense to get everybody on the > > same page on what it provides, and how it is done. > > > > The goal of this work is: > > make linuxcnc build for any supported kernel or thread flavor in > > one go, and have all that support in a single package; the actual > > type of threading used is a startup option (subject to limitations > > of the running kernel, and what platforms it was built for). > > This is exciting news. My thanks and tip of the hat to the small team of > developers who have suffered through the frustrating details to make > this happen. > > In every field I've worked in, infrastructure projects like this one > were always a hard sell because most folks were most interested in the > superstructure---the applications and their interfaces---and naturally > so. > > It is always easier in retrospect to appreciate the importance of a > sound foundation or rue the lack of one. > > Good on ya, mates. > > Regards, > Kent > Absolutely count me in on the thanks, with a standing ovation for those that "do". > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of > advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs > for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers > can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free > account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
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