[Xenomai-core] Spreading Xenomai

[Xenomai-core] Spreading Xenomai

[Jan Kiszka]

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Hi,

now that 2.1 is out and very likely also very stable, I feel like having
to bring this topic up again: There should be more announcements of this
project outside its own circle.

When reading articles about proprietary real-time Linux variants now
almost once a week on LinuxDevices, I always think that there should be
at least once some statement about this powerful alternative. Moreover,
there are certainly dozens of other forums for ringing the bells.

We first need some concept what to present, then maybe a long version
for forums that give us the space and a shorter one for the rest.
Philippe recently posted interesting statements, comparing the Xenomai
and the preemp-rt way - certainly good input. Every skin maintainer
could contribute a paragraph. References to driver projects could be
given. Short descriptions of ongoing projects would be nice, including
commercial ones when possible. And so forth...

Well, I would like to trigger this here, I may contribute a few lines
from my focus, but I can't take over the overall organisation of the
final writing. But I think that creating such an overview article here
on this list could reduce the individual effort and would reflect best
the strong community behind this project.

Comments, suggestions, volunteers?

Jan


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Re: [Xenomai-core] Spreading Xenomai

[Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas]

Hi Jan, I liked your idea.

I'm finhishing a first version (very limited while conforming to V4L2)=20
framegrabber driver using RTDM and could write about it, but since I cannot=
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show the Data Translation specific code, I could not publish the driver=20
source code in any site. But I can still write an idea about the driver if =
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is from interest. But I think, reading the articles on LinuxDevices, that t=
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space is very limited and, from the moment, I think it is more appropriate =
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speak more generally about Xenomai. Cite RTDM as an advantage and you can=20
even say that there are some real-time drivers built into it, like serial,=
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framegrabber, etc.

Well, if you think I can contribute somehow, feel free to contact me.

Rodrigo.

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Em Ter=E7a 14 Mar=E7o 2006 07:28, Jan Kiszka escreveu:

>Hi,
>
>now that 2.1 is out and very likely also very stable, I feel like having
>to bring this topic up again: There should be more announcements of this
>project outside its own circle.
>
>When reading articles about proprietary real-time Linux variants now
>almost once a week on LinuxDevices, I always think that there should be
>at least once some statement about this powerful alternative. Moreover,
>there are certainly dozens of other forums for ringing the bells.
>
>We first need some concept what to present, then maybe a long version
>for forums that give us the space and a shorter one for the rest.
>Philippe recently posted interesting statements, comparing the Xenomai
>and the preemp-rt way - certainly good input. Every skin maintainer
>could contribute a paragraph. References to driver projects could be
>given. Short descriptions of ongoing projects would be nice, including
>commercial ones when possible. And so forth...
>
>Well, I would like to trigger this here, I may contribute a few lines
>from my focus, but I can't take over the overall organisation of the
>final writing. But I think that creating such an overview article here
>on this list could reduce the individual effort and would reflect best
>the strong community behind this project.
>
>Comments, suggestions, volunteers?
>
>Jan

		
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RE: [Xenomai-core] Spreading Xenomai

[Christopher Stone]

I will volunteer to put together this article. Due to my current work
schedule, I will not be able to do it until the second week of April.
However, this gives some time for those that want to contribute to put
something together and send it to me at chris@domain.hid.

My concept for the article would be:
1) A high level overview of what is Xenomai.
2) The roadmap for Xenomai and it's enablement of Industrial Grade Linux.
2a) Dispel the myth about the mutual exclusion of Xenomai and rt-preempt
3) Real world examples of Xenomai in use.

In order to do this, I need input from contributors as follows:
1) I need to know the roadmap for Xenomai. I can use Philippe's posting
concerning rt-preempt, but, I need to know more about the vision for
Xenomai.
2) I need descriptions of real world users of Xenomai, both commercial and
research.

I also welcome any input on the proposed content of the article.

----------------------------------------
Christopher Stone
Principal
Sombrio Systems Inc.
www.openembedded.biz
613-831-1892

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Kiszka [mailto:jan.kiszka@domain.hid]
> Sent: March 14, 2006 5:29 AM
> To: xenomai-core
> Subject: [Xenomai-core] Spreading Xenomai
> 
> Hi,
> 
> now that 2.1 is out and very likely also very stable, I feel like having
> to bring this topic up again: There should be more announcements of this
> project outside its own circle.
> 
> When reading articles about proprietary real-time Linux variants now
> almost once a week on LinuxDevices, I always think that there should be
> at least once some statement about this powerful alternative. Moreover,
> there are certainly dozens of other forums for ringing the bells.
> 
> We first need some concept what to present, then maybe a long version
> for forums that give us the space and a shorter one for the rest.
> Philippe recently posted interesting statements, comparing the Xenomai
> and the preemp-rt way - certainly good input. Every skin maintainer
> could contribute a paragraph. References to driver projects could be
> given. Short descriptions of ongoing projects would be nice, including
> commercial ones when possible. And so forth...
> 
> Well, I would like to trigger this here, I may contribute a few lines
> from my focus, but I can't take over the overall organisation of the
> final writing. But I think that creating such an overview article here
> on this list could reduce the individual effort and would reflect best
> the strong community behind this project.
> 
> Comments, suggestions, volunteers?
> 
> Jan