[Buildroot] Xenomai 3.x

[Jean-Michel Hautbois]

Hi Thomas,

2016-10-05 9:55 GMT+02:00 Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 09:07:28 +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
>
>> I am trying to get a working Xenomai 3.x package with buildroot.
>> My main objective is to have it running with Mercury (ie. PREEMPT_RT
>> and not Adeos), and ideally with the compatibility layer for Xenomai
>> 2.x existing applications.
>>
>> I had a look at this thread :
>> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2016-January/150791.html
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone already worked on this stuff, in order to
>> combine the efforts ?
>> I can do it on my own, of course, but I think it would be better to
>> have it integrated upstream :) !
>
> So far, we haven't received any patch to add Xenomai 3.x support in
> Buildroot, and I've not heard (besides you asking questions on IRC)
> anyone working on this currently.
>
> So patches are definitely welcome. It's not clear to me whether we want
> to support both Xenomai 2.x and Xenomai 3.x, or if supporting Xenomai
> 3.x is sufficient, as a replacement for Xeonmai 2.x.

Well, yes, it is not clear for me either.
I am not sure that it has to be compiled the same way.
Well, if I have anything I can show, I will ask for advices.

Thanks,
JM