On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <thebigcorporation@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 00:27 +0300, Raz wrote: >> Hello rt. I wish to write a paper that describes what it means to port >> from vxworks to linux rt in all apects but from your experience. The bellow >> is a list of questions. >> > > Sounds like you are trying to get someone to write the paper for you? no. i want statistics. > I don't think too many folks on this list are porting from VxWorks to > Linux. > > But you might want to contact Wind River, they might have a migration > guide you could cite. (Although I would speculate that a migration guide > the OTHER way might be easier to find) > Also, some of your questions are curiously irrelevant. Exchange server? > VPN. they are if your IT manager does not know much about linux. 6 years has passed and i still have no VPN access through linux. > Where did you get this survey anyways? > > Is it copyrighted? i did not write anything yet. the only information i have is my own. if i will write it, it will be copywrited but free. > Cheers. > > Sven thank you. >> why did you port ? lack of hardware support ? >> >> Is your system soft real time or hard time system ? >> >> Can you estimate how many lines of code were ported ? >> >> Was there an effort to teach the vxwork engineers linux ? did it >> succeed / partialy succeed ? >> If new engineers were recruited, was it difficult to find linux rt >> programmers ? how long did >> it take to recruit ? >> >> Was the same team structure preserved or a new hirarchy created ? >> >> how long did it take to the first linux product ? >> >> Did you release new vxworks versions while migrating ? after the >> migration is done ? >> if so , do you have the same engineers supporting the old code ? >> >> What are the information resources you used for that ? >> Did you consult with professionals ? how did you reach a decision what >> sort of rt flavor to use ? >> >> Were new positions/skills required ? Did you recruit platform >> engineers ? Kernel engineers ? >> >> Did you use porting libraries or a nother solution ? did you change >> the system design ? Did you use other programming languages other than >> c and c++ >> to migrate ? >> >> once the porting was complete can you estimate, does it take the same >> effort to release >> a product ? >> >> What was the clients response when they were told you changed Os ? Did >> they know or care ? >> >> Is the linux product required to do more than the vx works product? >> >> Were all engineers using the same operating system or did some >> programmers use linux while others running >> windows ? Did it matter ? >> >> Were there any logistics changes due to the porting ? Did the IT >> department took part , like switching exchange server >> to something else ? vpn ? >> >> Did you use the same source control system ? bug tracking system ? >> >> Did you keep your code closed or is it open/partialy open ? >> >> thank you >> raz >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
