Re: [Xenomai-help] Xenomai 3 documentation

[Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@domain.hid>]

On 02/02/12 19:01, Philippe Gerum wrote:
> On 02/02/2012 06:29 PM, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking with curiosity to the development of Xenomai 3 skimming
>> through the GIT commits. I'm a physicist writing data acquisition code,
>> looking at how experienced programmers solve problems is very
>> instructional. However, I have observed that most of the code that has
>> been added do not have documentation in the form of comment blocks.
>>
>> There is some other place where I can learn about Xenomai 3 ?
> 
> A general roadmap explaining high level issues:
> http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/Xenomai:Roadmap#Toward_Xenomai_3
> 
> For the rest, the Cobalt kernel is fully documented in the sources, 
> since it directly derives from v2.x's nucleus, check kernel/cobalt.
> 
> The really missing part is a documentation of the lib/copperplate API, 
> providing the building blocks for the userland-based RTOS skins. That 
> one is still wandering somewhere in my brain. But for sure, it will land 
> in the sources at some point as well.

Thank Philippe,

working mostly in user space, copperplate is the part I'm most
interested in. The code is self explanatory enough, but sometimes I fail
to see the big picture...

Cheers,
Daniele