Good luck guys, I'm unsubscribing after this message. I will find something else to run my hardware, best wishes.
/ Lars Segerlund. 2014-04-02 23:45 GMT+02:00 EBo <[email protected]>: > Fair enough, but I am having to say no to lots of projects and focus on > my work with NASA, the UN, the IUCN, my thesis, and my two fun projects > are rebuilding a CNC plasma torch the size of a small house, and if > there is time, making some tools for my portable forge and foundry... > > Were the current work overlaps with LCNC: building a Gentoo based > distro + live CD/DVD. This is currently envisioned as supporting > RT-Prempt and Xenomai (3.1.2-3 / 3.3), associated tools (3.5.1), for a > selection of embedded as well as common CPU's (3.6). Since one of my > experimental platforms for this will use the the FPGA-NURBS board, I > expect to do a little work on the 7i43 (7.3). SO, when the upstream > Gentoo dev is to a place where he is ready to share the overlay I will > test and help out. But I am at the point where my involvement in the > next few months will be measured in hours, not months... > > Speaking for myself, there is not enough days in my hours... > > EBo -- > > > On Apr 2 2014 3:06 PM, sam sokolik wrote: >> Just because it didn't make it into 2.6 doesn't mean it isn't going >> to >> happen. This isn't the end of the world. >> >> Have you seen the todo list? There have been a few calls for >> help.... >> >> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Todo-2.6 >> >> As far as rt_preempt - I have tested it using the unified build - >> michael debs. (playing with the 7i80) All the hardware I have >> tested >> it on - I have never seen anything better than 50us latency. Just >> fine >> for servo loop systems. >> (where as the same hardware runs rtai/xeomai <10us or there abouts..) >> >> I see things moving forward.. Anyone can test/use any of the >> linuxcnc >> advancements. (be it the ub, new trajectory planner, whatever) >> >> I wish I could do more than just test... (not enough hours in the >> day) >> >> sam >> >> On 04/02/2014 03:20 PM, Lars Segerlund wrote: >>> Just give it up, I followed rt-preempt developement for 4 years or >>> so, and even measurement doesn't affect these guys, a good system >>> can >>> do rt-preempt and less than 10 us , under load, infact less jitter >>> under heavy load than RTAI or xenomai, ( perhaps not less jitter, >>> but >>> smaller worst cases ). >>> >>> I don't get it, there is a realtime kernel in debian, and ubuntu >>> and >>> so on .... now that we have a sane build with the realtime dependent >>> parts in libraries which can be loaded at runtime this happens. >>> >>> Abandon all hope ! >>> >>> >>> 2014-04-02 22:13 GMT+02:00 EBo <[email protected]>: >>>> Oh good god... Is there any way this could be brought in some how? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 2 2014 2:09 PM, Lars Segerlund wrote: >>>>> Great, so no unified build ... this means rt-preemt is also not >>>>> in >>>>> emc 2.6 .... progress .... >>>>> >>>>> Please say I'm to pessimistic ? :-D >>>>> >>>>> / Lars Segerlund. >>>>> >>>>> 2014-04-02 8:50 GMT+02:00 Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]>: >>>>>> I am pleased to announce the creation of a branch for stabilizing >>>>>> and >>>>>> releasing LinuxCNC 2.6. This marks the beginning of the 2.6 >>>>>> release >>>>>> process. Look for a 2.6.0~pre1 pre-release in the near future. >>>>>> >>>>>> The 2.6 branch does not contain either of the two big, hotly >>>>>> anticipated >>>>>> merge candidates, joints-axes and unified-build-candidate. It is >>>>>> my >>>>>> (unpopular) opinion that both of these branches require >>>>>> additional >>>>>> work >>>>>> to be release-ready, and i don't want to hold up the 2.6 release >>>>>> any >>>>>> longer. It's been two years since 2.5.0 and that's way too long. >>>>>> There >>>>>> are good features that are ready to release today, so I want to >>>>>> get >>>>>> those out to users while we finish up the next round of features >>>>>> for >>>>>> the >>>>>> next release. >>>>>> >>>>>> Both branches are candidates for a future 2.7 release (as is >>>>>> Robert >>>>>> Ellenberg's new trajectory planner). I intend for the 2.7 >>>>>> release >>>>>> cycle >>>>>> to be much shorter than 2.6 was, and i intend to keep working >>>>>> with >>>>>> everyone's help to make ready the features in the pipeline for >>>>>> 2.7. >>>>>> But >>>>>> for now I ask for everyone's help in getting 2.6 out. >>>>>> >>>>>> Breaking with tradition, the 2.6 branch is called, simply, "2.6". >>>>>> Bug >>>>>> fixes are welcome in 2.6 (or in v2.5_branch if appropriate), as >>>>>> are >>>>>> new >>>>>> components and drivers, but commits that potentially destabilize >>>>>> existing functionality should be reviewed before being pushed to >>>>>> the >>>>>> release branch. >>>>>> >>>>>> The 2.6 release is targeting the following platforms: >>>>>> >>>>>> Realtime (RTAI): >>>>>> >>>>>> Ubuntu Lucid (32-bit, Linux 2.6.32) >>>>>> Ubuntu Precise (32-bit, Linux 3.4) >>>>>> Debian Wheezy (32-bit, Linux 3.4) >>>>>> >>>>>> Simulation: >>>>>> >>>>>> Ubuntu Lucid >>>>>> Ubuntu Precise >>>>>> Debian Wheezy >>>>>> >>>>>> Ubuntu Hardy (RTAI and simulation) is not currently supported >>>>>> because of >>>>>> a build dependency of the new xhc-hb04 driver. If there is user >>>>>> desire >>>>>> for 2.6 on Hardy we can disable that driver on Hardy (while still >>>>>> shipping that driver on the newer platforms). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Work remaining/request for help: >>>>>> >>>>>> Testing - especially be on the lookout for any needed config >>>>>> changes >>>>>> Squashing of bugs (https://sf.net/p/emc/bugs/milestone/2.6/) >>>>>> Building of new Live CDs (for both Precise and Wheezy) >>>>>> Proof-reading the docs >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sebastian Kuzminsky >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Emc-developers mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Emc-developers mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Emc-developers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-developers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
