> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] Running uC/OS-II on top of u-boot > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:34:20 +0200 > > In message you wrote: >> >> We have a PowerPC 440 EP (from a AMCC Yosemite evaluation kit) and we are in >> the process of evaluating OSes for it. The industrial strength ones (like >> vxWorks) are too much feature-wise and money-wise, so we're hoping to try >> out uC/OS-II. > > Why not using a feature-rich, money-efficient solution like Linux? One > of the big advantages is that you get a running system completely for > free and out of the box...
The software has to eventually undergo certification, and uC/OS-II should be a smaller codebase to certify than Linux. > >> - Can the porting layer of uC/OS-II use some of the u-boot functions for PCI >> and ethernet access? > > It can, if you use the GPL2 based "Open Source Licensing" model of > uC/OS-II. > >> - Are there any existing instructions on how to build (or create a makefile) >> uC/OS-II using the compilers supplied by the ELDK? I keep getting a failure >> to "find entry symbol _start", even if I include the gcc libraries, >> crtbegin.o, etc. > > Well, that's starting to be off topic here... > > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > He'd been wrong, there _was_ a light at the end of the tunnel, and it > was a flamethrower. - Terry Pratchett, _Mort_ _________________________________________________________________ Back to work after baby–how do you know when you’re ready? http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=5797498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
