On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:02:16 +0100 Andreas Volz <li...@brachttal.net> said:
> Hello, > > I like to know you opinion about usage of EFL (edje) on OSEK systems? > > If you don't know what OSEK is here some links: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSEK > http://www.osek-vdx.org/ > http://portal.osek-vdx.org/files/pdf/specs/os223.pdf > http://www.openosek.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php > > For sure this would need some porting effort. But the question is if a > port would be realistic and reasonable. well you'd have to provide a posix layer - like evil does for missing posix stuff in windows. > For example most stuff that is standard on Unix systems isn't > available (e.g. POSIX standards). Another important information is that > the number of application tasks, stacks, mutexes, etc. is statically > configured. a quick read of some of those links gave me very much that impression. its a very simple and limited "RTOS" style system with no memory protection, real processes you can control at runtime etc. - it's a monolithic compiled all-at-once system that simply co-operatively multitasks in a fixed way. as such - this kind of os is dead or dying. we could port - but not for a very long term benefit. as such things like genivi (and i think now tizen ivi will support/be that and thus efl will be coming along for the ride). as such the same people behind osek are behind genivi.. so i suspect they are abandoning osek for a more modern os approach as above and in that world - efl is already along for the ride. :) > What do you think? > > regards > Andreas > > -- > Technical Blog <http://andreasvolz.wordpress.com/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
