I am for fast 2.8 get stable .. if my voice count. Normal user
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 18:30 <linux...@rodes.biz> wrote: > RELEASE 2.8............... > > As JT mentioned, if/when the rtai problem gets resolved, then release that > particular version. > > Roguish > Using LinuxCNC since '06 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2020 3:26 AM > To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation > > I had hoped to release 2.8 at Easter, but hit a roadblock. > > My plan was to offer both preempt-rt and RTAI ISOs for fresh installs with > Debian Buster, and packages for both realtime systems for the other > supported OSs too. > Unfortunately, despite a lot of effort on the part of Alec and a lesser > amount by myself we have not managed to make the RTAI system exit cleanly > under all circumstances. > > Specifically a script that starts realtime, loads an instance of the abs > component and then exists will cause a kernel lock up after hundreds to > thousands of cycles. > Unfortunately this means that runtests will frequently crash the buildbot, > so is a more serious problem than it might seem. > > As far as I know the system is reliable and stable while actually running > LinuxCNC. > > There is a similar problem simply loading and unloading the RTAI kernel > modules (No LinuxCNC code involved), but that takes tens of thousands of > cycles (typically) to show so may be an entirely different issue. > > Unfortunately many existing users are likely to have machines that won't > work acceptably with preempt-rt and, whilst 2.8 does run on 32-bit Wheezy + > RTAI I really would like to be offering an upgrade path to a supported OS. > > So I don't really know what to do. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed > for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
