[ECOS] [Fwd: EL/IX compatibility]

[Nick Garnett]

Armando Visconti <armando.visconti@st.com> writes:

> 
> I'm trying to find EL/IX package in eCos 2.0, but
> it looks like only POSIX and uITRON  packages
> are present under compatibility ...
> 
> Does it mean it is no longer supported?
> Maybe it is included already in POSIX?
> 
> Any comment will be appreciated.
> 

EL/IX was an invention of Red Hat's. It never really cought on and was
never given the kind of support that would have made it a
success. When creating eCos 2.0 we decided to expunge all reference to
EL/IX. These days we prefer to emphasize compatibility with the POSIX
1003.13 PSE51 Minimal Realtime System Profile.

eCos's EL/IX support was really just a matter of adding the POSIX and
FILEIO packages. The current equivalent to the elix template is
probably the net template, or maybe the default template with POSIX
and FILEIO added.

-- 
Nick Garnett                    eCos Kernel Architect
http://www.ecoscentric.com      The eCos and RedBoot experts


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