Re: ecos on ARM

[Mohan Pakkurti <pakku@mediaone.net>]

At 08:59 PM 11/9/98 +0000, Bart Veer wrote:
>
>> Can anyone comment on the plans for porting ecos to ARM7 or
>> StrongARM?
>
>All I can say at this stage is that ARM are well aware of eCos and
>have endorsed the technology. I am not able to say what this may or
>may not mean in terms of a port possibly becoming available at some
>indeterminate time in the future. Cygnus is in discussion with many
>silicon vendors about certified ports to various processors, and
>unfortunately these discussions generally involve non-disclosure
>agreements.

When you say NDA, does the NDA involve not disclosing what processors
are being worked on currently? Then if someone took the initiative to go ahead
do a port themselves, would they be wasting their time, if suddenly half way 
through the porting effort, the "official" suport for that processor was
announced!?!

>However, I have been informed that an official and hopefully more
>informative statement is being prepared by management. 
>
>Sorry I cannot be more helpful right now.
>
>Bart Veer // eCos net maintainer
>