Re: [ptxdist] Future plans for uClibc-ng?

[Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>]

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On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 06:02:37PM -0800, Bryan Hundven wrote:
> > > I'm curious to know if ptxdist/OSELAS.Toolchain plans to support
> > > uClibc-ng in the future?
> > > 
> > > http://www.uclibc-ng.org/
> > 
> > with half a year without commit to uClib git I'm considering it a dead
> > project (I failed to verify mailing list activity as neither Firefox
> > nor IE (!) allowed me to enter archives). uClibc-ng should be relatively
> > easy to support as config system remained the same... Just tried and
> > succeded. But are there any active uClibc users?
> 
> Well, I use it for a few platforms. And I get a lot of requests for it's
> support on crosstool-ng.

We also use uclibc, especially for uCLinux systems. A few years ago, we
mainlined Cortex-M3 support. It never gained business traction so far,
because the BoM for a system is more expensive and less powerful than
the cheaper systems with mmu (like Atmel 9x25, TI AM335, FSL MX23 etc).
We still maintain EFM32 in the kernel.

However, these days we are seeing more and more Cortex-A cpus emerging
with Cortex-M coprocessors. With these devices, running Linux on both
cores is a real option (as far as I know, this is already implemented
for Vybrid).

So uClibc stays relevant and will continue to be in OSELAS.Toolchain.

rsc
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