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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.bbs-scene.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!gegeweb.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Point a beginner in the right direction? Cheap bare-board to run with a RTOS for running ADA Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:06:32 +0200 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: References: <8a3093bb-90b3-4081-9b0b-dfde5aa6b851@googlegroups.com> <993despcuk1d.1ifczvyo501px.dlg@40tude.net> <51da9a80$0$6561$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: IenaDxMXK2hi7fvYcb+MlQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Original-Bytes: 2457 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182332 Date: 2013-07-08T16:06:32+02:00 List-Id: On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:56:44 +0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote: > Start here: > > https://www.olimex.com/Products/ > > When people come to comp.lang.ada and talk about wanting to learn Ada and > get it running in a bare metal environment, then quite often they are > talking about these types of boards, not the safety critical ones with > a price tag to match. The page says the board comes with Linux... >>> If Ada vendors wish to loose all but the market for expensive high >>> end systems, then that's their choice. >> >> It is not their choice. It is the board vendors who determine what is in >> the BSP. No Ada vendor has the resources to port it on every possible >> board. > > There's nothing to stop a end user programmer writing their own BSP; this > appears to be a common capability for RTOS environments. I've written 2-3 > BSPs for RTEMS over the years. Fine. Why don't you bundle it with GNAT and GPS and resell the package to those crowds of hobbyist longing for it? -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de