Thread: WindRiver gone for 2015?
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Re: WindRiver gone for 2015?
It was disappointing to hear that WRS is dropping its support of FIRST. They do have a version of their development environment that runs on Linux that would work fine for the cRio.

By issuing a key, they would also enable teams to keep using the existing install. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that they'll be doing either of those. Of course, the advantage of the new control system is that WPILib should be able to run on just about any ARM-based board running the PREEMPT_RT patched version of the Linux kernel. One trick would be to do something like taking an Udoo board or the Gertduino plug-over for the Raspberry Pi and port WPILib to support that.

Unfortunately, WRS has a way of checking to see if you've turned the clock back to keep their software working. So, that option will likely not work. Just like FIRST dropped the IFI control system years ago, the cRio looks like it will suffer the same fate. Time marches on.
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