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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Linux 2.6, the continuing saga
From: "rodrigo_varas" <>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:09:46 -0000
I think i have been interpreted in those customers that are new to 
Linux and sometimes ask trivial questions.
We do not care too much about the kernel version, we want our life 
simplified.

We do prefer TS invest their time in finding a nice tool support 
like eclipse.

The big hole in my opinion in TS solutions is NOT to provide a good 
debugging tool support. We invest so much in getting something to 
work that at the end does not support 'thread' debugging support.

We do today everything using eclipse with some basic debugging 
support. I miss so much my Visual Studio IDE for embedding systems 
(using x86 architecture).

Don't get me wrong, this new Linux experience has been exciting. We 
have port many of our big projects with excelent results.

Rodrigo.


--- In  "Jesse Off" <> wrote:
>
> I realize I may have been a little short in my response about 2.6 
and
> I apologize.  I may have misread what I thought was a cynical and
> condescending undertone in earlier posts.
> 
> For the record, we dropped pursuing WinCE support at TS so we could
> focus more on Linux.  
> 
> TS will be more willing to invest resources into 2.6 once there is 
a
> clear winner between Cirrus' 2.6 work and the various others 
working
> independently towards 2.6 on the ep93xx processors.  Specifically,
> once there is general support for this processor in Linus's 
official
> 2.6.  Its really too risky for us to get involved at this early 
stage.
> 
> We'd really rather invest energy in making Linux more transparent 
in
> customer applications.  What we'd like to do is create a more 
cohesive
> environment with better tools (perhaps Eclipse) and to reduce the 
need
> to understand Linux as much as possible for customer 
applications.  It
> is been my experience the people with the best product ideas (and 
the
> resources to see them through) are bright individuals yet know 
nothing
> about Linux and aren't keen to learn.  Every time I'm on the phone
> with one of these companies/individuals I am embarrased when I 
have to
> explain why they have to use "root=/dev/hda1" in one place and
> "/dev/ide0/bus0/target0/part1" in another-- they really shouldn't 
have
> to care.  This is the kind of stuff that TS will likely invest in 
if
> we have the spare resources.  Right now, we're doing all we can to
> keep ahead of our custom and new product designs and software
> contracting services.
> 
> Andy, have you tried using RTAI or Bob Lee's O(1)+low latency 2.4
> kernel?  What bugs in 2.4 are you running into that aren't in 
2.6?  It
> has been my experience that 2.4 is largely more stable than 2.6 
even
> on x86 (and there was 2.6 x86 support since 2.6.0).  Which drivers
> have you had to backport?  
> 
> //Jesse Off
>






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