Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 14:19:23 -0500 From: gnn@freebsd.org To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org, gallatin@cs.duke.edu, jhb@freebsd.org, silby@silby.com, ticso@cicely12.cicely.de, wb@freebie.xs4all.nl, ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: Eclipse for Embedded FreeBSD? Message-ID: <m2ac9ks9c4.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605141429260.21968@sea.ntplx.net> References: <20060513103640.GL69354@cicely12.cicely.de> <20060513085933.R986@odysseus.silby.com> <20060513151305.GP69354@cicely12.cicely.de> <20060513.115539.74661598.imp@bsdimp.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605141055100.20896@sea.ntplx.net> <m2r72wsj3b.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605141429260.21968@sea.ntplx.net>
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At Sun, 14 May 2006 14:44:32 -0400 (EDT), Daniel Eischen wrote: > > Would you prefer Linux or CE then? ;-) > > No, I confess I still use a series of makefiles using ln, > lndir, cp, et. al. to build vxWorks images. One reason I > dislike vxWorks is that you need write rights to the > installation directory, and it annoys the hell out of me > that I have to work around it so that anyone without > privileges can build. > My condolences, but it beats their configuration tool, I know, I worked there :-) > But the GUI-based tools to configure VxWorks, Linux, CE, or > whatever, are attractive to the majority of developers and most > especially look good to the people who are responsible for > justifying and buying them. _We_ might snub our noses at such > tools, but they look good to others. See, I thought you were being sarcastic, so, mea culpa. I think it's what we'll have to do as well, but I don't think I'll be writing it. No one wants to see my UI skills :-) > Well, see above. A GUI-based configuration tool, with tree-like > heirarchy of dependencies and space requirements would be useful. > Eclipse seems to be the standard for such things, but I admit I've > never used it. > I've not used it either. > And for industrial controls and military applications, a VME bus > (nexus) driver supporting device drivers and mmap'able VME A32, A24, > & A16 space would be great. I think we'll need someone working in those areas first, unless, well, you're volunteering ;-) Later, George
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