Anders Wallin wrote: >> 2) How portable is the real-time code (ie: can it be compiled for Arm >> or PowerPC)? >> > > LinuxCNC uses the RTAI kernel/API. There are a number of architectures > listed here https://www.rtai.org/ > I don't know if anyone has made LinuxCNC work on other than x86 and x86_64 > > I sent Torsten Koschorrek of RTAI a Beagle Board about 18 months ago, and as you can see, there is no ARM Cortex-A8 RTAI available yet. I can't believe it has taken this long! There is an RT-Preempt kernel that was done by some French guys, but I don't know if it has suitable latency for LinuxCNC, but it almost certainly is good enough for a system with attached hardware (not software stepping). >> 3a) Is there any existing support for multiple independent processors >> (ie: multiple processor, but running multiple kernels vs. a single >> linux kernel running on multiple cores/chips) If different kernels, then it may be a non-shared memory system, you have to be concerned with communication between the processors in that case.
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