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Re: building library under windows NT.
- To: fidel viegas <javaguru_uk at yahoo dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] building library under windows NT.
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:46:46 +0000
- CC: ecos <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
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fidel viegas wrote:
>
> Hi!
> I'm new to eCOS and I tried to build the library under
> Windows NT and I get compilation errors. First, the
> compiler i686...-gcc for linux is not available under
> windows. I only have i586-cygwin32-gcc.
You need to follow all the installation instructions at:
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ecos/install-windows.html
Currently you have not built the development tools.
> A second question is regarding to eCOS itself. Is it
> useful for systems programming? That is, building a
> general purpose OS using eCOS?
eCos can certainly be used as a general purpose OS for embedded systems.
Jifl
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