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EL/IX and compatibility with Linux APIs


Hallo,
  I'm still learning as much as possible about eCos. I know, that eCos is not
Linux, but it provides EL/IX compatibility layer. But, what does it mean?
Answer from FAQ is ...

<faq answer>
As eCos originated from Red Hat, probably most famous for its distribution of
the Linux Operating System, it has become a common misconception that eCos is
Linux or in some way based on Linux. However eCos is a completely separate
product, with a separate source base. eCos does have an EL/IX level
1 compatibility layer though, allowing it to be compatible with many of the
Linux APIs. 
</faq answer>

  Please, can you show me some example of compatibility between Linux APIs and
EL/IX? Does it mean, that I can use drivers from Linux (compatibility between
Linux kernel device drivers API and eCos drivers API)? Or does it mean, that
I can use native Linux applications under eCos? Or something else?

Have a nice day,
Robert Vojta

P.S. I'm sorry for lot of questions, but I'm completely new to the embedded
systems and I must make decision which OS we will use ...

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        Robert V0jta
Linux/UNIX specialist, programmer
    http://www.v0jta.net/
      robert@v0jta.net

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