Re: [ECOS] diference between ecos and redboot

[Bob Koninckx <bob dot koninckx at mech dot kuleuven dot ac dot be>]

On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 23:57, Chuck McManis wrote:

> ECOS is the name of a set of routines that get compiled into a library 
> which provide operating system primitives for use by an application.

Not just the primitives! It provides the whole operating system;
scheduler, threading, thread synchronization, device drivers ...

> 
> Application is a user developed program that does something.
> 
> When you build you application you link it to the eCos library. Then you 
> have Redboot load it into memory for you and to start it. Once it is 
> started, if it doesn't "crash", Redboot never runs again. If it does 
> "crash" it invokes the gdb stubs that are in Redboot and waits to be debugged.
> 
> Unlike Linux, or UNIX, or Windows - eCos has no command shell, file system,

?? eCos does support even more than one type of filesystem !! But you
can omit it if you don't need it (as is the case with almost everything
in eCos).

Bob

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