Re: [RTnet-developers] [Xenomai] RTnet in Xenomai 3, status and future

[Gilles C. <gil...@xe...>]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 10:53:05AM +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> Hi Gilles,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 10:08:57AM +0100, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> > The drivers, on the other hand, are a bit more worrying. They are
> > based on seriously outdated versions of the corresponding Linux
> > drivers, with support for much less hardware, and probably missing
> > some bug fixes. So, putting the drivers into a better shape and
> > making it easy to track mainline changes will be my first priority.
> 
> This is the reason that, every time I considered using rtnet, I ended
> up deciding against it.

Well, on the other hand, picking one driver, and improving it for
the project which needs it was not an insurmountable task.

> 
> > Please feel free to send any reaction to this mail.
> 
> Good luck,

Thanks.

> this work is *long* overdue!

Well, for it to be overdue, it would have to have been due in the
first place. And since as far as I know, nobody paid for it and was
expecting a result, and nobody ever promised anything (well up to
now, I kind of made the promise, now), I do not really think it was
due. Or maybe I am just misinterpreting the meaning of overdue.

Anyway, to make things perfectly clear on that subject, I am not
doing this because I feel the Xenomai project owes it to anyone,
only because I like the idea of working on that project and that it
may be useful for a lot of Xenomai dual-kernel applications.

Maybe the next step will be to integrate the support for PTP. In
that case, I hope we will get your help to do the job.

Regards.

-- 
					    Gilles.