Re: [ECOS] How do you like eCos

[Paul Black <paul dot black at oxsemi dot com>]

"Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe@larwe.com> wrote:
> So we are not just making some contracted doodad that's going to sell three
> pieces and only make $1000 profit; we can afford a service contract. Heck,
> at the price I heard mentioned I'd be willing to forego a few pizzas and
> buy it out of my own pocket, if it works. But there's the rub: I cannot
> make a good case for this product, even if it was entirely free, if it
> doesn't work.

I'm in a similar boat, we will probably go with one of 3: VxWorks,
Nucleus or eCos. I've built the kernel (I think!) but now I don't know
what I can do:
How do I get my own Apps. in?
Can I simulate it on my dev platform (Linux)?
Basically, what do I do?


> Hmm. "Unreliable" isn't the word I'd use, more "undocumented". The tools
> and the OS itself might be exceedingly reliable, but the documentation is
> rather like one of those pictures that looks like a splatter of colored
> dots until you defocus your eyes. (I've never been able to see the hidden
> picture in one of those things, either).

Undocumented does seem to be the problem: I've looked at eCos dev. on
Linux, a colleague looked at eCos dev. on Windows. Neither of us have
actually got anywhere yet (probably a couple of weeks of combined
effort). There comes a point when we give up.

Paul