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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:53:05 +0100
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] RTnet in Xenomai 3, status and future
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To: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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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 based on seriously outdated versions of the corresponding Linux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.

> Please feel free to send any reaction to this mail.

Good luck, this work is *long* overdue!

Thanks,
Richard