Just listening to this interesting conversation. I just would like to comment on this
> 1) is the dealbreaker IMO - redoing the HAL, RTAPI, component > infrastructure basically for license purposes is out of reach IMO. Is that > doable? > > Assume this can be achieved, a first great milestone would be to have the > brushed-up gladevcp run a HAL-only application; maybe low-level talk to > motion through a revamped API (Python). Actually I think LinuxCNC kindof > 'misses a market' - I see use for HAL-only applications with GUI. > > I don't know a lot about the internals of LinuxCNC but, as has already argued in this list, I want to favor the idea that HAL on itself is a very nice piece of software that can be used very well for users not interested at all in machining. If you add to this GladeVCP, you have a kind of LabView. From this perspective having support for RTAI and PREMPT-RT patch looks like a very good idea. Wouldn't be interesting to have HAL as a independent set of packages upon which LinuxCNC depends?. I think GladeVCP could ideally be a package independent of linuxCNC depending upon HAL. I think that this phylosophy already exist, even for the documentation -atl least to some extent-. So taking these packages appart could be not too time consuming. Another issue, may be a bit out of context, is the entering into the scene of low price PC like platforms (beagle, raphsberry,...). I dream of such a plaform combined with a FPGA. For example a platform similar to Labview's Rio platforms that basically have a processor running VxWorks and a programable FPGA interfaced to it. I think it could make sense to think how such a paradigm can be adopted in the context of HAL / linux CNC without drastically changing the actual paradigm. Have a nice day, Javier ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
