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Advantech computer for QNX6.3
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Advantech computer for QNX6.3
Hi guys,
I am a begginer with QNX and I would appreciate your support in this phase. We need to purchase a Industrial PC for our application. Looking for it at the internet and restricting our search for those manufacturers which have dealers here in Brazil, we choose Advantech as a potential supplier.
The application engineer from Advantech have mentioned they have some industrial PCs already certified for using with QNX6.0, but we intend to use QNX6.3 in our application.
Based on your knowledge and practice experience, do you know whether we will face some incompatibility problems with the hardware (drivers) due to different QNX versions (6.0 x 6.3).
Thanks in advance.
Vanderlei
I am a begginer with QNX and I would appreciate your support in this phase. We need to purchase a Industrial PC for our application. Looking for it at the internet and restricting our search for those manufacturers which have dealers here in Brazil, we choose Advantech as a potential supplier.
The application engineer from Advantech have mentioned they have some industrial PCs already certified for using with QNX6.0, but we intend to use QNX6.3 in our application.
Based on your knowledge and practice experience, do you know whether we will face some incompatibility problems with the hardware (drivers) due to different QNX versions (6.0 x 6.3).
Thanks in advance.
Vanderlei
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RE: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
That would be very unlikely, although nothing is impossible. I've never heard of QNX depricating, or stopping support for an older driver in a newer version of the OS. The reason is simple. When the OS gets upgraded, the worst that can happen is that the driver structure changes somewhat, not the hardware code. Usually these are kept somewhat separate anyway, but even if they weren't, programmers would have to fix most of the existing drivers, so why not all of them?
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Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
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That would be very unlikely, although nothing is impossible. I've
never heard of QNX depricating, or stopping support for an older
driver in a newer version of the OS. The reason is simple. When
the OS gets upgraded, the worst that can happen is that the driver
structure changes somewhat, not the hardware code. Usually these
are kept somewhat separate anyway, but even if they weren't,
programmers would have to fix most of the existing drivers, so why
not all of them?
- Igor Kovalenko
Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
Hey Mitch - you've just been IGORED! 
<Dodges it... ;->
Igor Kovalenko wrote:
--
cburgess@qnx.com

<Dodges it... ;->
Igor Kovalenko wrote:
*Cough cough* ... SB Live! ... *Cough cough cough*
"maschoen" <maschoen@pobox-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:fe3987$vv$1@inn.qnx.com...
That would be very unlikely, although nothing is impossible. I've
never heard of QNX depricating, or stopping support for an older
driver in a newer version of the OS. The reason is simple. When
the OS gets upgraded, the worst that can happen is that the driver
structure changes somewhat, not the hardware code. Usually these
are kept somewhat separate anyway, but even if they weren't,
programmers would have to fix most of the existing drivers, so why
not all of them?
--
cburgess@qnx.com
- Colin Burgess
RE: Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
Thanks Mitch. Now I found that computer from Advantech already certified to run a QNX6 RTOS has IDE ATA interface, and as long as I know, QNX does not support ATA devices yet. Any recommendation?
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RE: Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
Guys, forget my last message: the computer has IDE ATA and also SATA II interface, thus everything should work fine once I will not use SATA bus.
Ps.: I made a mistake, QNX does not support SATA
Ps.: I made a mistake, QNX does not support SATA

- vmscotti
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Re: RE: Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
vmscotti wrote:Ps.: I made a mistake, QNX does not support SATA
6.3.0 sp3 - 6.3.2 support SATA.
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RE: Re: RE: Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
Good to know. This QNX versions supports only SATA, or SATA II too?
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Re: Advantech computer for QNX6.3
qnxloader wrote:
Acer, Intel, Via and Marvell are supported with SP3.
No statements about SATA II .... but SATA II drivers are back compatible
to SATA motherboards.
--Armin
vmscottiwrote:
Ps.: I made a mistake, QNX does not support SATA
6.3.0 sp3 - 6.3.2 support SATA.
Yes ... after looking into the 'hardware database' chip sets from
Acer, Intel, Via and Marvell are supported with SP3.
No statements about SATA II .... but SATA II drivers are back compatible
to SATA motherboards.
--Armin
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