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Re: how does eCos work on Linux
- From: Grant Edwards <grante at visi dot com>
- To: "Mukund JB." <mukundjb at esntechnologies dot co dot in>
- Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>, wayneg at ananzi dot co dot za, ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:32:00 -0600
- Subject: [ECOS] Re: how does eCos work on Linux
- References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348113A3E39@mail.esn.co.in>
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 03:08:08PM +0530, Mukund JB. wrote:
> Ok, if that is the case, the eCos will have its drivers
> too.right?
Correct.
[Could you please keep your follow-ups in a single thread by
replying to the appropriate article? Sending a new article
with a matching subject isn't the right thing to do.]
> 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?
It doesn't. It may, however, be using RedBoot which is
closely associated with eCos and uses some of eCos's drivers.
> I mean is Linux using some features of eCos operating system
> to Support the BSP?
Possibly it's using Redboot.
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Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com
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