Current Status of the "Controls Software Engineering"
VxWorks
License
Who can use this VxWorks License?
Which Architectures and board support packages are installed?
Where is VxWorks installed?
How do upgrades get implimented?
How to add a new architecture and/or bsp?
How is maintenance handled each year?
Who to contact if you have questions?
Where to get information about "VxWorks at SLAC"?
Next Meeting
Action Items
Chagned cdvx account to a "password-less" account
Obtain an accurate account of the current number of VxWorks target
run-time
license at SLAC
Determine how many run-time licenses are need at the moment and in the
near future.
Purchase bulk (possibly 50) run-time licenses from WindRiver or another
source (cpu manufactures)
Len Moss will have Wei Yang monitor WindRiver web site for upgrades.
The
type of upgrades of interest include VxWorks and Tornado development
tools.
All future upgrades of VxWorks/Tornado will be done in a separate
master
directory. Email would then be sent to all vxWorks users at SLAC using
the vxworks-l mailing list, informing them of the upgrade. It is the
responsibiltiy
of the users to test the new version of vxWorks and/or Tornado.