[En-Nut-Discussion] Newbie - NUTos questions.

[Thiago A. Corrêa]

Hi,


    The ethernet driver makes use of threading, so you do need at
least some libraries to be linked in, unless you want to do some
porting.
    There are other ethernet drivers without dependencies, such as the
uIP driver.

    I'm new to the embedded programming, could be my fault, but why
not use printf? You can redirect it to about any stream. One reason
not to use the NutOS could be the size of the program, then I agree,
but printf?

Regards,
   Thiago A. Correa

On 9/29/05, James Flanagan <james.flanagan at stsint.com> wrote:
> Hello...
>     I need some very basic information regarding what I can and cannot
> do with the nut libraries.
> We are developing some custom hardware in which we used the electrical
> design of the ethernut hardware in
> order to have emebedded ethernet capabilities.  There are a number of
> other features designed in for other hardware
> devices, but the ethernut design is exactly as originally designed
> (v1.3g).  I am very new to RTOS usage so I am studying
> the software examples that are provided.  By the way, we are using the
> Imagecraft version of the nut build.
>
> The question(s):
> 1)  MUST I use the NutOS in order to use the Ethernet Libraries?
> 2)  Since our design will have about 5 different communication ports
> (several RS232, ethernet, CAN, etc)
>       I would prefer to not use the Nut provided printf function and
> continue to use the imagecraft provided printf function.
>       Is this OK?
>
> I guess what I am mainly trying to ask is, must I use the nutOS at all
> in order to take advantage of the ethernet functions.
> The plan at this point is to use the NUTOS, however, there are several
> areas where I am not yet comfortable with its use and
> want the option to not use it if needed.
>
> Your input is appreciated...
>
> -jim
>
> --
> James (Jim) Flanagan
> STS International, Inc.
> 9875 18th St. N.
> St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
> (727) 828-1554
> james.flanagan at stsint.com
>
>
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