[Buildroot] [PATCH 0 of 2 v2] Add Xenomai real-time framework

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Le Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:44:46 +0200,
Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> a ?crit :

> > Xenomai comes with a Linux Kernel and user-space part.
> > I added a Linux extensions sub-menu (The first patch) which handles
> > the kernel modification provided by Adeos/Xenomai. The advantage of
> > this way is for maintenance purpose. (Xenomai do not provide a full
> > kernel patch, but use a script called "prepare-kernel.sh")
> > Also, this split the user-space from the kernel in a nice way
> > instead of adding a serie of patches.
> 
>  I don't agree with this split.  When you're configuring Xenomai, I
> think you want the Adeos patch and the other Xenomai configuration in
> a single place, not spread over two separate menu items.  And the
> same reasoning goes for maintaining the buildroot parts of Xenomai.  

Yes, but the Buildroot infrastructure makes it a lot easier to
integrate the Xenomai userspace libraries separately from the
kernel-side patching integration. Moreover, as detailed in the
documentation, there are people who do not use Buildroot to build their
kernel, but only to build their root filesystem.

Or maybe I missed your point ?

Thomas
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