From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Bart Veer <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
To: jhb@microplex.com
Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: [ECOS] Re: Hurd, QNX and POSIX
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:23:00 -0000
Message-id: <199909281422.PAA09170@sheesh.cygnus.co.uk>
References: <37EA64AF.1F842B3B@microplex.com>
X-SW-Source: 1999-09/msg00046.html

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Belton <jhb@microplex.com> writes:

    >> Would it be difficult to port posix apps on ecos ?

    Jim> This depends alot on what hardware you are running eCos on.
    Jim> If you are asking for the details of which POSIX APIs are
    Jim> supported, perhaps some one else could post a link. I'd like
    Jim> to know the answer to that as well. In particular, what level
    Jim> of POSIX.4/pthreads support is available?

The current eCos release does not provide a POSIX compatibility layer.
However Cygnus has just announced the EL/IX initiative, and as part of
this initiative we will be implementing a significant subset of POSIX
on top of eCos. For more details please see
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/elix/

Bart Veer // eCos net maintainer