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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <jspa@nykredit.dk>
Subject: Re: Linux device drivers in Ada?
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:21:25 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2009-01-13T05:21:25-08:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c7beee7-fb28-4b24-8d00-5ad5fea4a27e@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: cf2pm41mntqtem8u4g6qh8o6bgub9rdfac@4ax.com

Brian Drummond wrote:

> Possibly a long shot, but does anyone know of any example Linux device
> drivers written in Ada? Is it even possible for Linux?

It is definitely possible.  The primitive way to do it is to compile
it using GNAT and Pragma (No_Runtime).  I think I've read a
description of a more elegant solution.  You might also want to take a
look at RTL-GNAT (see <http://rtportal.upv.es/apps/rtl-gnat/>).

Greetings,

Jacob
--
A: Yes.
>Q: Are you sure?
>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?



  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-13 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-13 12:38 Linux device drivers in Ada? Brian Drummond
2009-01-13 13:21 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen [this message]
2009-01-13 17:43 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-01-14  1:36   ` Brian Drummond
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