RE: Soft IOC on Windows PC

["Jeff Hill" <johill@lanl.gov>]

> win32-x86 requires the Microsoft VC compiler 

A small clarification; actually another important difference between
win32-x86 and cygwin-x86 is choosing the native port (slightly more
efficient) versus Posix layered port (slightly less efficient). So if you
prefer the native port, but also prefer the gcc compiler then one can build
win32-x86-mingw.

Jeff
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov [mailto:tech-talk-
> bounces@aps.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Mark Rivers
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:14 AM
> To: Gorka Ronda; tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> Subject: RE: Soft IOC on Windows PC
> 
> Hi Gorka,
> 
> You need to chose which architecture to build for.  The ones I have used
> are cygwin-x86, and win32-x86.  cygwin-x86 requires that you install the
> Cygwin package, while win32-x86 requires the Microsoft VC compiler (plus
> perl and GNU make, which I get from Cygwin).
> 
> You build your EPICS application just as you would for Linux or vxWorks.
> The EPICS build system will create a Windows executable (.exe) file which
> is your application.  You then start that application and pass it the
> name of a startup script (st.cmd) that configures your IOC.
> 
> I typically modify <base>/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.win32-x86.win32-x86
> and CONFIG_SITE.cygwin-x86.cygwin-x86 to contain the lines
> 
> SHARED_LIBRARIES=NO
> STATIC_BUILD=YES
> 
> so that the .exe file is standalone and does not require a lot of DLLs to
> run it.  I find that makes distribution to non-development systems
> easier, but that's a personal preference.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov on behalf of Gorka Ronda
> Sent: Fri 7/16/2010 5:36 AM
> To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> Subject: Soft IOC on Windows PC
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone tell me what steps to take to create a Soft Or 'Host-based'
> IOC on a Windows PC? The PC will control a board connected via RS-232. I
> have to use StreamDevice device support with its interface to asynDriver?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> 
> Gorka Ronda