From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5f8432149982f35e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fca1b,5f8432149982f35e X-Google-Attributes: gidfca1b,public From: Armin Steinhoff Subject: Re: Ada and QNX Date: 2000/09/30 Message-ID: <8r4kif022mb@drn.newsguy.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 675859370 References: <8r1i82$ri3$1@kujawiak.man.lodz.pl> <8r1uc0$dve$1@pyrite.mv.net> <8r25kg0ujl@drn.newsguy.com> <8r29q0$q6j$1@pyrite.mv.net> Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://www.newsguy.com] Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.os.qnx Date: 2000-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <8r29q0$q6j$1@pyrite.mv.net>, "Jeff says... > > >"Armin Steinhoff" wrote in message >news:8r25kg0ujl@drn.newsguy.com... >> In article <8r1uc0$dve$1@pyrite.mv.net>, "Jeff says... >> > >> >There is not really a full stable GCC port to QNX available so a GNAT >> >port would probably need to finish/clean that up first.... >> >> That's probably just your opinion ... you can't have any deeper >> experiences with QRTP. >> > >Hmm..Well I admit that I have not specific experience in the area but >my response was based on a search of the GCC archives for QNX info and >then looking at this FAQ (About a year old) > >http://www.schoenbrun.com/mba/faq.htm#L48 Ahh ... that FAQ is completely useless for QRTP ... it is a FAQ for QNX4 :-) >It save you having to click it says > >48) Is GCC available? > >GCC is available, at following URL http://www.teaser.fr/~jcmichot/gcc This >release contain GCC 2.7.2 and G++ compiler. You need WatcomC lib & linker to >use this release of gcc. That gcc is a private port from Jean Michot ... and it is also targeting QNX4 :-)) > >In general, once developers start using Watcom C/C++, demand for GCC isn't >as high. Watcom provides a very good, high quality C and C++ development >environment. Yes ... but Watcom C++ is not available for QRTP! >So, when I say it is not stable what I mean is it is not in the baseline GCC >tree. It is only supported by an individual and it requires non GNU libs and >>linkers...I am not saying this is impossible to get working >now with GNAT but it certainly is likely to raise the bar. > > >> AFAIK ... the gcc sources are not yet available for QRTP, so you can't >> build GNAT yet. >> >> >I do not know of any other Ada 95 ports to that OS either. >> >> Really ? What ports to so called 'fine RTOSes' do you have in mind ?? >> >vxWorks (Tornado) has Ada 95 support from ACT (GNAT), Rational, OC Systems, >Green Hills. >LynxOS has Ada 95 support from ACT, Rational and probably others >Not sure of the state of it but RTLinux from Zentropix was working with ACT >for integration of GNAT into their RTLinux Product. >There is GNAT support for RTEMS. >Concurrent Computer Corp has what appears to be a nice POSIX compliant RT >Unix based OS with Ada 95 support fully integrated into their tools. > >There are many others. We can certainly debate the "fineness" of these other >RTOSs against QNX but somewhere in the mix I think you will find an OS that >>certainly competes. Sure ... IMHO Lynx (BlueCat) is direct comparable with QRTP (QNX/Neutrino) >Having said all of that with QNX being now somewhat free it would be cool if >there was a GNAT port so since it is just my opionion that it would be >>difficult to do a port perhaps you could pull one together. As I mentioned before ... the gcc/qcc sources are not yet available for QRTP. > I'd love to start playing with it on monday. Let me know what >time I can download it. You can download it since several days :-) Regards Armin PS : Where are the sources of the 'OPEN SOURCE' QRTP ??