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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] Writing a new driver, Skin differences.
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To: Carlos Eduardo de Brito Novaes <carlosnov@domain.hid>
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On 07/01/2011 07:23 PM, Carlos Eduardo de Brito Novaes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think I the question on using memory mapped are solved. Now I was wondering 
> and cant find a big difference over the four skins, at least for a new project 
> with no previous code written on the past. Is there any advantage in using the 
> rtdm skin over the navive one?

The RTDM is meant for writing drivers in kernel-space and continuity
will be ensured in Xenomai 3.x, whereas the other kernel-space skins
will no longer be available in Xenomai 3.x. Writing drivers in
kernel-space with either the native or the posix skin is deprecated.

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                                                                Gilles.