I'm not seeing where RTAI is being removed from LinuxCNC only suggestions so far say release preempt-rt now and hold RTAI ISO until the bug can be sorted out. It's not good to hold back at least a portion of 2.8 when they are used for different reasons.
I don't know you but I appreciate any efforts spent on making LinuxCNC a better software. I think this is a sensible approach. One can't become too precious about their own contributions. I know this first hand after working hundreds of hours over many many months trying to get Dewey's experimental hpid component working for Plasma. I know Dewey put as much time into it too. But it didn't make the grade in the real world and it was never released. It was a big moment for me to throw out that work and adopt another approach. It was a hard decision. I was then able to influence the direction taken with Plasmac and it is far better software because of it because of the experience I had. Plasmac and Linuxcnc are better for it. Now Linuxcnc leads the world as a plasma controller rivalling commercial systems costing up to $100k. We have at least one manufacturer wanting to adopt it. But Plasmac requires the features of Linuxcnc V 2.8 so until that is the release version there are significant barriers to entry for users. Please move forward to release 2.8 on PREEMPT_RT. If RTAI eventually makes the grade then release it too. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 07:56, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 21:49, Alec Ari via Emc-developers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has Paolo looked into this? Has anyone asked him? > > I just subscribed to the RTAI mailing list and asked there. > (But it is moderated, so my message awaits moderation) > > -- > 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
