From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas To: Mike Friedrichs Cc: eCos Discuss Subject: RE: [ECOS] i386 questions Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 12:57:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <39386B6E.6B9354A1@lcc.net> X-SW-Source: 2000-06/msg00054.html On 03-Jun-00 Mike Friedrichs wrote: > anyone, > > i'm confused about ecos and porting to i386. on the ecos home page they > make reference to i386 as a supported target, but upon viewing posts, it > appears that people are building the port to i386. which is it. > > i have found the words 'synthetic x86 linux' and synthetic i386' for > targets; what do these phrases mean. > Have you checked the latest sources from CVS? This is the best way to keep up with what's available. Actually, we have supported ports for both. * Synthetic x86 Linux - A pseudo target where eCos applications run as Linux programs. * x86 "PC" - a target for standard "PC" boxes, running stand alone where the eCos application is the only thing running on the platform. > assuming ecos has not been ported to i386, why has ecos been ported to > the 'Intel StrongArm family' and not the 'i386 family'. Don't forget what eCos stands for: "Embedded Configurable Operating System". As such, our primary interest is in commercially used, embedded platforms. The ARM/StrongARM family of processors is certainly one of the most popular architectures for such devices and becoming more so every day. While the i386 architecture is also very poplular, it is not normally deployed into the very deeply embedded systems we concentrate on (think cell phones, etc). If you're really interested in the i386 support and find that what's out there already isn't sufficient, get the sources and add to them. This is the heart of Open Source projects - everyone has the ability to do whatever they want and/or need. If you find you need help or want even more, just ask us, that's part of how we "drive" the development. Requests can be sent to: ecos-info@cygnus.com