[ECOS] how does eCos work on Linux

[Mukund JB.]

"Mukund JB." <mukundjb@esntechnologies.co.in> writes:

Thanks for that reply. U made to more clear to me.

>> Hi andrew,
>> 
>> Thanks for the valuable info.
>> Ok, if that is the case, the eCos will have its drivers too.right?
>> 
>> I was planning to use the following Linux BSP in my device found in the
>> ARM site.
>> 	cirrus-arm-linux-1.4.3.tar
>> 
>> Then I found that this BSP has a eCos Operating system in it.
>> Why does a Linux BSP for EDB9307/12/15 need a eCos OS?
>> I mean is Linux using some features of eCos operating system to Support
>> the BSP?
> 
> It is probable that the EDB9307/12/15 boards use RedBoot to boot
> Linux. RedBoot is part of eCos, and Cirrus may not have pruned the
> unnecessary parts of the eCos tree when adding it to the BSP.
>
> eCos is not a self supporting operating system, it needs a host OS to
> configure and build the OS and application, which is then downloaded
> to the target board.
>
> The only real connection between eCos and Linux is that Linux is the
> preferred development environment for eCos. Development can also be
> done on Windows using Cygwin, and it probably wouldn't be too hard to
> get things working on BSD, Solaris or any other UNIX OS.


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