If LinuxCNC where to be ported, the best platform likely would not use an OS like Linus or BSD or Windows. The RTOSes all are very different from the more general-purpose OSes. Linux.BSD/Windows all have kernels and can load and run binary images that are loaded from disk-like storage and have some kind of user interface. An industrial ROTS does not do that. It is literally 1000X simpler and just runs one thing when you apply power. Think of how a color laser printer works. There is likey an RTOS inside.
A laser printer is a good example of how people really want a CNC mill to work. You design you document on the computer then press "print" and the printer creates it. After the last of the data is moved to the printer you can turn the PC off it you like. On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:31 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Tuesday 04 February 2020 10:17:53 andy pugh wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 15:20, Stuart Stevenson <stus...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Aside from the stress and consternation in the LinuxCNC world about > > > the logo I like the new name a lot better. > > > > Though it rather precludes a Mac port. > > Now theres a thought, call it bsdcnc. The low latency kernel would likely > be more work than the port, and you've got the mac to make it work on. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
