[okl4-developer] Some Questions on 2.1

[Abi Nourai]

On 23/04/2008, at 12:57 AM, Geoff White wrote:
> Team,
> Congratulations on the 2.1 release!
> I'm sure we are all looking forward to the fixes and features.
>

Thanks Geoff.  Glad to know you've been looking forward to the release.

> Some questions?
>
> 1.    Does this release support any intel multicore architecture? If  
> not, are you guys working on this?

This release does not take advantage of multi-processing.  We are not  
only working on this, but already have SMP-capable versions of OKL4  
deployed in customers' hands.  We'll certainly be integrating this  
into the community releases as soon as possible, but cannot commit to  
a date.  Are you in need of SMP support immediately ?  What kind of  
use case do you have in mind for an SMP-enabled version of OKL4 ?

> 2.    It seems that you have "unbundled" Wombat (OKLinux)  from the  
> major release, is this true?

We now distribute OK Linux in a separate tarball.  There is no loss of  
functionality, other than added convenience for those who are only  
interested in OKL4.  Both tarballs are readily downloadable from our  
wiki.

>
> 3.    Is there any driver development documentation?

There's some actively in the works and we're pushing to get this out  
ASAP.  I think you'll be pretty pleased with the driver documentation  
we're preparing.  There's not only a pretty comprehensive reference  
manual, but also a tutorial that leads you through a real-world example.

>
> 4.    Is there a framework to support DMA devices in this release?

OK Linux has been enhanced to support DMA-enabled native drivers.  Or  
are you interested in specific support for the OKL4-based driver  
framework ?