On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 12:24:36PM -0500, Danrae Pray wrote: > I am trying to understand how the COBALT kernel is designed and how it can > be installed side-by-side various linux distro kernels (Gentoo, Ubuntu, > etc). > > During the COBALT kernel build process on Ubuntu, for example, we actually > pull a kernel version (based on your Ubuntu version) and build it: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41949678/installation-steps-for-xenomai-3-on-ubuntu-16-04 > https://xenomai.org//installing-xenomai-3-x/#Configuring_and_compiling_the_Cobalt_kernel > > So, I guess my questions are: > > 1) At the end of the COBALT build / installation procedure as well as > installing the Xenomai libs/tools, can I actually use Xenomai in the > dual-kernel config on Ubuntu on my desktop PC for testing application > logic? i.e. I don't need to actually boot my machine using the newly built > image or something...
You have to be running that kernel. > 2) Why are we building a linux kernel during the COBALT build process? Is > COBALT actually a modified linux kernel itself? Yes it is. The kernel is patched with ipipe and xenomai extensions to provide the required features. -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ Xenomai mailing list [email protected] https://xenomai.org/mailman/listinfo/xenomai
