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diff --git a/user/hosts/index.rst b/user/hosts/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d562e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/user/hosts/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.. comment SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 + +.. comment: Copyright (c) 2016 Chris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org> +.. comment: All rights reserved. + +.. _host-computer: + +.. _development-host: + +Host Computer +------------- +.. index:: Host Computer + +RTEMS applications are developed using cross-development tools running on a +development computer, more often called the host computer. These are typically +your desktop machine or a special build server. All RTEMS tools and runtime +libraries are built from source on your host machine. The RTEMS Project does +not maintain binary builds of the tools. This differs to what you normally +experience with host operating systems, and it is, however this approach works +well. RTEMS is not a host operating system and it is not a +distrbution. Deploying binary packages for every possible host operating system +is too big a task for the RTEMS Project and it is not a good use of core +developer time. Their time is better spent making RTEMS better and faster. + +The RTEMS Project's aim is to give you complete freedom to decide on the +languages used in your project, which version control system, and the build +system for your application. + +The rule for selecting a computer for a developer is `more is better` but we do +understand there are limits. Projects set up different configurations, some +have a development machine per developer while others set up a tightly +controlled central build server. RTEMS Ecosystem is flexible and lets you +engineer a development environment that suites you. The basic specs are: + +- Multicore processor +- 8G bytes RAM +- 256G harddisk + +RTEMS makes no demands on graphics. + +If you are using a VM or your host computer is not a fast modern machine do not +be concerned. The tools may take longer to build than faster hardware however +building tools is something you do once. Once the tools and RTEMS is built all +your time can be spent writing and developing your application. Over an hour +can happen and for the ARM architecture and with all BSPs it can be many hours. + +.. include:: os.rst +.. include:: posix.rst +.. include:: macos.rst +.. include:: windows.rst |