Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Mar 2008 20:13 UTC, submitted by RJop
"Newly available open source software could significantly increase Linux's utility in industrial computing applications. The Xenomai/SOLO project aims to provide VxWorks and other RTOS emulation in user-space on most any Linux kernel, and to deliver short, bounded application latency on kernels with built-in real-time capabilities."
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2008-03-25
I took a look at the VxWorks readme, where they list the differences between VxWorks and this conversion layer. However a crucial bit of info is missing - the VxWorks version that it relates to. VxWorks changes as it's improved, and so the API can change with it (more like new functions are added).
I would hope that this tool could also be used to allow for development of VxWorks applications before the target hardware and BSP are ready before they are seamlessly transferred over for testing and release. Since I don't do much application development, it's not so useful for me, but could well allow for porting away from Linux.