On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 01:46:29PM +0200, Erwin Rol wrote:
> First is there a special reason why the RT extentions to
> the kernel are not done with #ifdef's ?
Yes. Linus Torvalds doesn't want them ifdefed. He says, and we agree,
that there are too many ifdefs in kernel code already. When RTL goes
into mainline kernel (scheduled for sometime during 2.3) it will not
be a configuration option.
> Second what is the status of RTL for 2.2.x ? i saw the latest
> patch was for 2.2.0-pre8 , i aplieded that one to 2.2.5 after
> some small rejects it compiled ok.
We are experiencing some delays but 2.2.5 with some major upgrades is
in the works.
> Tirdth why doesn't the rtl directory not use the normal
> linux kernel makefile structure, and configuration ?
Because we want to allow people to do RTL development without learning
Linux kernel and we similarly do not want to make RTL options available
to kernel and driver developers who have not understood the RT system --
otherwise hard cli's would start popping up in drivers and RTL would
stop working.
> And a last question why does it seem that the development is so closed?
> I mean you can only find "very old" patches for
> outdated kernels on the rtlinux homepage (appart from the
> one for 2.0.36). The documentation and examples seem not to
> be in sync with RTL for 2.2.x, is this a time problem that the ppl have
> that manage the website or is there a other idea behind it?
Time problems. Believe it or not, things are better then they were and
some improvements are in the works. However, volunteers to upgrade
examples etc are always welcome.
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