Re: Xenomai Wiki updates

[Per Oberg <pero@wolfram.com>]

----- Den 12 sep 2023, på kl 19:21, Jan Kiszka jan.kiszka@siemens.com skrev:

> On 12.09.23 21:17, Per Oberg wrote:

> > ----- Den 12 sep 2023, på kl 17:30, Per Öberg pero@wolfram.com skrev:

> >> ----- Den 4 sep 2023, på kl 14:20, Jan Kiszka jan.kiszka@siemens.com skrev:

> >>> On 04.09.23 12:14, Per Oberg wrote:
> >>>> Hi

> >>>> I was looking at the Xenomai Wiki and noticed that there were some outdated
> >>>> information.

> >>>> E.g. :

> >>>> * https://source.denx.de/Xenomai/xenomai/-/wikis/Installing_Xenomai_3
> >>>> Dovetail, kernel git trees and recommendations are not mentioned. There is a
> >>>> section on the powerpc part which I seem to remember has been deprecated.

> >>>> * https://source.denx.de/Xenomai/xenomai/-/wikis/Start_Here
> >>>> Embedded Linux distributions & Xenomai points to ELDK which seems to be no
> >>>> longer available.

> >>>> I think I might find some time update some of the stuff. What are the guidelines
> >>>> and procedure to contribute to th Wiki ?

> >>> The landing page(s) are being reworked right now, and that will widely
> >>> replace the wiki-based homepage. Will probably surface other issues. If
> >>> you like to check that instead: https://v3.xenomai.org. Feedback highly
> >>> appreciated!

> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jan

> >>> --
> >>> Siemens AG, Technology
> >>> Linux Expert Center

> >> Thanks, I am currently looking at this and I will try to get back with feedback
> >> and patches when I find the time.

> >> Some early notes:

> >> * It's a bit unclear the relation between dovetail and evl. It's not obvious
> >> that dovetail
> >> is available for Xenomai 3 depending on kernel version.

> >> * The Xenomai3 installation page [1] mixes "--ipipe" and "--dovetail" where
> >> "--ipipe"
> >> is used in the black box and "--dovetail" in the list below.

> >> * The installation page [1] only talkes about the "prepare-kernel.sh" approach.
> >> I always
> >> found that approach a little error prone because it is necessary to find a
> >> kernel matching
> >> the version to patch. Perhaps it is better these days but for very special
> >> hardware it
> >> used to be hard to find the exakt version as time went by. So, it seems like the
> >> simpler
> >> approach is to check out the git-versioned variant available in the tree.
> >> Perhaps the
> >> installation page could mention the git-tree approach.

> >> [1] https://v3.xenomai.org/installation/

> >> Per Öberg

> > Answering myself here...

>> What I meant with "The installation page [1] only talkes about the
>> "prepare-kernel.sh" approach." was the use of "--ipipe" or "--dovetail"
> > separately, I think.

> > Per Öberg


> Are you able to send merge requests against [0]? Otherwise, please send
> patches to the list, marking them as "[website][PATCH] ...".

> Thank a lot already for your findings!

> Jan

> [0]
> https://source.denx.de/Xenomai/website/-/blob/master/content/installation/_index.md?ref_type=heads

> --
> Siemens AG, Technology
> Linux Expert Center

I will give it a go!

Thanks
Per Öberg