I'd second Rod Webster's suggestion. Leave RTAI on the curb, focus the project, and move forward.
Those motivated to get RTAI supported again have an obvious work item they can contribute to if its important to them. It can always be brought back in if there are folks motivated for it and willing to solve the issues. FWIW I'm pretty sure we hit the RTAI kernel lock up bug frequently trying to restart LinuxCNC without a reboot in between. Ditching it and moving to PREEMPT RT almost 3 years ago eliminated the hang, but we never spent enormous amounts of time trying to root cause it. Best regards, - John John Freeborg Sr. Software Engineer | Tormach Inc. 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Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. >Not so, the situation has changed markedly since Alec did the work to make >RTAI usable on 4.x.x 64-bit kernels. I appreciate that you have expended enormous effort, But what I thought you said is that despite that effort, you still have not got a result and you did not know what to do. My view is that you release on the platforms you can support.. If the users want to upgrade and their hardware is not up to it then they can make the choice to upgrade or not. You hold the project back by not doing anything. You can't do that any longer. I've been a user for 5 years now and have never used Wheezy or V 2.7. Neither of them worked for my hardware. The vast majority of users must surely be in my camp by now. We simply want V 2.8 to be the distribution version because we want to be forward looking not constrained by compatibility with old and obsolete systems. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vmn.com.au%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C20a867f00651478d39af08d80c6aaaff%7C81b7a93284364f828a334cf027748dbd%7C0%7C0%7C637272999590467838&sdata=tw%2FVI149FlEhWHjEhMIwHUCowNd4ADENIv8rPVaKfCY%3D&reserved=0 On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 21:23, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 12:02, Rod Webster <r...@vmn.com.au> wrote: > > > It appears there are no prospects to resolve the situation which has > > clearly been an issue since Wheezy went EOL over two years ago. > > Not so, the situation has changed markedly since Alec did the work to make > RTAI usable on 4.x.x 64-bit kernels. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed > for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Femc-developers&data=02%7C01%7C%7C20a867f00651478d39af08d80c6aaaff%7C81b7a93284364f828a334cf027748dbd%7C0%7C0%7C637272999590467838&sdata=qzugUGNePM4f3V%2BYI6o9wt2xwr3tB4D7%2BZd0Y%2FMfcdQ%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Femc-developers&data=02%7C01%7C%7C20a867f00651478d39af08d80c6aaaff%7C81b7a93284364f828a334cf027748dbd%7C0%7C0%7C637272999590467838&sdata=qzugUGNePM4f3V%2BYI6o9wt2xwr3tB4D7%2BZd0Y%2FMfcdQ%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
