[ECOS] FW: Evaluating eCOS for a MIPS R4000 based IPMI controller

["Hoermann, Volker" <Volker dot Hoermann at fci dot com>]

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Hoermann, Volker  
> Sent:	Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:51 AM
> To:	'ecos-devel@sources.redhat.com'
> Cc:	'ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com'; Gettert, Wolfram;
> 'danielm@eCosCentric.com'; Gettert, Wolfram; Willers, Karin; Mayer, Ralf
> Subject:	RE: Evaluating eCOS for a MIPS R4000 based IPMI controller
> 
> Dear eCos developers,
> 
> 
> as i already explained last week, we are evaluating a small RTOS for our
> MIPS R3000/R4000 based IPMI controller. 
> For that purpose i have successfully installed eCos for the first time. I
> have had no problems compiling an MIPS
> template (Atlas) with the configuration manager but although i had removed
> PCI and Ethernet related libraries the 
> object file was 1.6 MByte.
> 
> For that reason i would like to ask you, what is a typical minimal, normal
> and maximal size for an eCos2.0 kernel 
> with HAL and without additional libraries (PCI, network,...)
> 
> Thankyou for your help in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> Volker
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Hoermann, Volker  
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:37 PM
> To:	'ecos-devel@sources.redhat.com'
> Cc:	'ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com'; Gettert, Wolfram
> Subject:	Evaluating eCOS for a MIPS R4000 based IPMI controller
> 
> Hello everybody,
> 
> 
> i' am in the process of evaluating a small RTOS for our MIPS R4000 based
> IPMI controller. Meanwhile i have
> successfully installed eCOS for the first time and have had a short look
> to the configuration tool. 
> 
> eCOS looks very interesting for me but i am asking myself whether it is to
> powerful for my 49 MHz core with
> 1MByte flash and 8 KByte internal and 512KByte external SRAM (no MMU).
> 
> Maybe uC-OSII is better suited for this?
> 
> What do you believe? How big is the effort of porting an existing HAL to
> my hardware?
> 
> Thankyou very much in advance. 
> It is really not easy for me to get a closer look without heavy workin.
> 
> Best regards,
> Volker Hoermann
> 
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