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Which RTOS as substitution to uC/OS-II?

Hi all, I've been thinking about trying a different OS than uC/OS-II. First, I would like to know about the licensing of ucLinux and eCos - are both of them free? My other question is wha...
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originally posted by dannyjacobs@Nov 28 2005, 03:05 AM

hi cableguy,

uclinux and ecos are both under gpl-licence. so it's free, but first read the licenseterms. i believe they both have an tcp/ip-stack of their own which is imho better to start with then the lwip-stack.

good luck.

danny

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Do you know if there is some real drawback of eCOS or Linux compared to uC/OS-II? Is there any reason to avoid these systems from the viewpoint of scheduling, simplicity of use (quite important - uC has an excellent description in the book that came with NiosII devkit), documentation and transparency (since I have never worked with Linux before I am afraid of getting lost in it and not quite understand what exactly I am doing and when...)