Re: eCos on AT91SAM9 - call to action

[Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>]

On 2011-03-16, John Dallaway <john@dallaway.org.uk> wrote:
> All
>
> There has been a lot of delay in getting AT91SAM9 support into the eCos
> repository. Far too much delay. I think the best way forward now is to
> focus on Evgeniy Dushitov's contribution (port for AT91SAM9263) initially:
>
>   http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000819
>
> This seems sensible because:
>
> a) The patches themselves are well abstracted.
> b) Some people are already using these patches as a baseline for
>    further AT91SAM9 ports.
> c) There is support for running this port under QEMU, allowing
>    wider testing.
>
> I would like to invite everyone with an interest in AT91SAM9 support
> for eCos to add themselves to the CC list for bug 1000819 and
> contribute to the review process.

I'm in.

> Let's make this a community effort.

We're using a AT91SAM9 running Linux for one project, but I've been
keeping an eye on the eCos port and would be happy to see it move
forward.

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