Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-20 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/17/2012 2:44 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > On that note, I think it might also be good to be able to separate out > building the GUI applications from the guts of LinuxCNC. As long as we're on the subject of non-guts stuff it would be nice for the build-documentation process to be separa

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-18 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 18.10.2012 um 17:49 schrieb Sebastian Kuzminsky: ...thanks, got that - runtests, sure, didnt think of that > > >> If it is OK to assume that the build target kernel is *installed* but *not >> running* and support files in place, then I would go a different route: >> >> do the build by spe

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 10/18/12 09:33 , Michael Haberler wrote: > a question about the buildbot: does the build VM actually run the RTAI > kernel? or does it just carry the RTAI files so it can build? There are currently about a dozen buildslave VMs in the buildbot. Some of them run the regular Ubuntu kernel for th

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-18 Thread Michael Haberler
[really a question to Seb, but touching wider config issues] a question about the buildbot: does the build VM actually run the RTAI kernel? or does it just carry the RTAI files so it can build? the issue behind the question is: the current src/configure --with-realtime= option is really odd,

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-17 Thread Eric Keller
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Charles Steinkuehler < char...@steinkuehler.net> wrote: > > On that note, I think it might also be good to be able to separate out > building the GUI applications from the guts of LinuxCNC. > --snip-- Seems like I should be able to build & use LinuxCNC even if

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-17 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 10/16/2012 6:00 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: > I believe we should think about the future of LinuxCNC under the > assumption of a potentially distributed setup - an 'RT outboard', > 'CNC controller', whatever, and some other machine running UI and > other command & control components. All of the

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-17 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/16/2012 7:00 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: > Seb, > > > Am 16.10.2012 um 23:14 schrieb Sebastian Kuzminsky: > >> On 10/16/12 13:48 , Michael Haberler wrote: >>> while several folks have been working on new realtime OS foundations, it >>> has become clear that the current configure support is i

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-16 Thread Michael Haberler
Seb, Am 16.10.2012 um 23:14 schrieb Sebastian Kuzminsky: > On 10/16/12 13:48 , Michael Haberler wrote: >> while several folks have been working on new realtime OS foundations, it has >> become clear that the current configure support is inadaequate. >> >> I wrote up a proposal how to resolve t

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-16 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 10/16/12 13:48 , Michael Haberler wrote: > while several folks have been working on new realtime OS foundations, it has > become clear that the current configure support is inadaequate. > > I wrote up a proposal how to resolve this, and ask for comments. > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wik

[Emc-developers] RFC: configure support for new RT options

2012-10-16 Thread Michael Haberler
while several folks have been working on new realtime OS foundations, it has become clear that the current configure support is inadaequate. I wrote up a proposal how to resolve this, and ask for comments. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RealtimeConfiguratonProposal Barring better prop