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author | Björn-Egil Dahlberg <[email protected]> | 2012-07-19 19:36:57 +0200 |
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erts: Update doc to reflect VxWorks removal
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-rw-r--r-- | system/doc/embedded/vxworks.xml | 193 | ||||
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diff --git a/system/README b/system/README index b8ff18119d..b1e18ef55c 100644 --- a/system/README +++ b/system/README @@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ Release of Erlang 5.9/OTP R15B ------------------------------- 3.1 The platform VxWorks is discontinued in the sense that only the - libraries (erl_interface and ic's libraries) are supported. Running - the Erlang emulator on VxWorks might still possible but it's no longer - maintained. The VxWorks release is still packaged as a full release, - but no support will be available for anything but the communication libraries. + libraries (erl_interface and ic's libraries) are supported. The VxWorks + release is still packaged as a full release, but no support will be + available for anything but the communication libraries. 4 NOTES ABOUT THE LINUX VERSIONS ----------------------------- diff --git a/system/doc/embedded/vxworks.xml b/system/doc/embedded/vxworks.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 52143a42e3..0000000000 --- a/system/doc/embedded/vxworks.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,193 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> -<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> - -<chapter> - <header> - <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2009</year> - <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> - </copyright> - <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. - - </legalnotice> - - <title>VxWorks</title> - <prepared>Patrik Winroth</prepared> - <responsible></responsible> - <docno></docno> - <approved></approved> - <checked></checked> - <date>2000-10-17</date> - <rev></rev> - <file>vxworks.xml</file> - </header> - <p>This chapter describes the OS specific parts of OTP which relate - to VxWorks. - </p> - - <section> - <title>Introduction</title> - <p>The Erlang/OTP distribution for VxWorks is limited to what - Switchboard requires (Switchboard is a general purpose - switching hardware developed by Ericsson). - </p> - <p>Please consult the README file, included at root level in the - installation, for latest information on the distribution. - </p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Memory Usage</title> - <p>Memory required is 32 Mbyte. - </p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Disk Usage</title> - <p>The disk space required is 22 Mbyte, the documentation included. - </p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Installation</title> - <p>OTP/VxWorks is supplied in a distribution file named - <c><![CDATA[<PREFIX>.tar.gz]]></c>; i.e. a tar archive that is - compressed with gzip. <c><![CDATA[<PREFIX>]]></c> represents the - name of the release, - e.g. <c>otp_LXA12345_vxworks_cpu32_R42A</c>. Assuming you are - installing to a Solaris file system, the installation is - performed by following these steps: < - </p> - <p></p> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item>Change to the directory where you want to install - OTP/VxWorks (<c><![CDATA[<ROOTDIR>]]></c>): <c><![CDATA[cd <ROOTDIR>]]></c></item> - <item>Make a directory to put OTP/VxWorks in: <c>mkdir otp_vxworks_cpu32</c> (or whatever you want to call it)</item> - <item>Change directory to the newly created one: <c>cd otp_vxworks_cpu32</c></item> - <item>Copy the distribution file there from where it is located - (<c><![CDATA[<RELDIR>]]></c>): <c><![CDATA[cp <RELDIR>/<PREFIX>.tar.gz .]]></c></item> - <item>Unzip the distribution file: <c><![CDATA[gunzip <PREFIX>.tar.gz]]></c></item> - <item>Untar <c><![CDATA[<PREFIX>.tar]]></c>: <c><![CDATA[tar xvf <PREFIX>.tar]]></c></item> - <item>Create a bin directory: <c>mkdir bin</c></item> - <item>Copy the VxWorks Erlang/OTP start-up script to the bin directory: - <c>cp erts-Vsn/bin/erl bin/.</c></item> - <item>Copy the example start scripts to the bin directory: - <c>cp releases/R42A/*.boot bin/.</c></item> - </list> - <p>If you use VxWorks nfs mounting facility to mount the Solaris - file system, this installation may be directly used. An other - possibility is to copy the installation to a local VxWorks DOS - file system, from where it is used. - </p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>OS Specific Functionality/Information</title> - <p>There are a couple of files that are unique to the VxWorks - distribution of Erlang/OTP, these files are described here. - </p> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item>README - this files has some information on VxWorks - specifics that you are advised to consult. This includes the - latest information on what parts of OTP are included in the - VxWorks distribution of Erlang/OTP. If you want us to - include more parts, please contact us to discuss - this.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/bin/resolv.conf - A resolver configuration EXAMPLE file. - You have to edit this file.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/bin/erl - This is an EXAMPLE start script for VxWorks. - You have to edit this file to suit your needs.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/bin/erl_io - One possible solution to the problem - of competing Erlang and VxWorks shell. Contains the function - 'start_erl' called by the erl script. Also contains the - function 'to_erl' to be used when connecting to the Erlang - shell from VxWorks' shell.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/bin/erl_exec - Rearranges command line arguments - and starts Erlang.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/bin/vxcall - Allows spawning of standard VxWorks - shell functions (which is just about any function in the - system...) from open_port/2. E.g. open_port({spawn, 'vxcall - func arg1 arg2'}, []) will cause the output that 'func arg1, - arg2' would have given in the shell to be received from the - port.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/bin/rdate - Set the time from a networked host, - like the SunOS command. Nothing Erlang-specific, but nice - if you want date/0 and time/0 to give meaningful values (you - also need a TIMEZONE environment setting if GMT isn't - acceptable). For example: <c>putenv "TIMEZONE=CET::-60:033002:102603"</c> sets central european - time.</item> - <item>erts-Vsn/src - Contains source for the above files, and - additionally config.c, driver.h, preload.c and - reclaim.h. Reclaim.h defines the interface to a simple - mechanism for "resource reclamation" that is part of the - Erlang runtime system - may be useful to "port program" writers (and - possibly others). Take careful note of the caveats listed in - the file!</item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Starting Erlang</title> - <p>Start (and restart) of the system depends on what file system - is used. To be able to start the system from a nfs mounted - file system you can use VxWorks start script facility to run a - start script similar to the example below. Note that the - Erlang/OTP start-up script is run at the end of this script. - </p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -# start.script v1.0 1997/09/08 patrik -# -# File name: start.script -# Purpose: Starting the VxWorks/cpu32 erlang/OTP -# Author: [email protected] -# Resides in: ~tornado/wind/target/config/ads360/ - -# -# Set shell prompt -# -shellPromptSet("sauron-> ") - -# -# Set default gateway -# -hostAdd "router-20","150.236.20.251" -routeAdd "0","router-20" - -# -# Mount /home from gandalf -# -hostAdd "gandalf","150.236.20.16" -usergroup=10 -nfsAuthUnixSet("gandalf", 452, 10, 1, &usergroup) -nfsMount("gandalf", "/export/home", "/home") - -# -# Load and run rdate.o to set correct date on the target -# -ld < /home/gandalf/tornado/wind/target/config/ads360/rdate.o -rdate("gandalf") - -# -# Setup timezone information (Central European time) -# -putenv "TIMEZONE=CET::-60:033002:102603" - -# -# Run the Erlang/OTP start script -# -cd "/home/gandalf/tornado/wind/target/erlang_cpu32_R42A/bin" -<erl - ]]></code> - </section> -</chapter> - diff --git a/system/doc/embedded/xmlfiles.mk b/system/doc/embedded/xmlfiles.mk index 2bdc34ae28..0001a55b9a 100644 --- a/system/doc/embedded/xmlfiles.mk +++ b/system/doc/embedded/xmlfiles.mk @@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ # EMBEDDED_CHAPTER_FILES = \ embedded_solaris.xml \ - embedded_nt.xml \ - vxworks.xml + embedded_nt.xml |