Jack:
You will hear from the accelerator folks on the details. The overview
is that some systems remain on legacy versions of EPICS base because
they depend on reliable, yet legacy hardware. With the impressive
uptime that the accelerator is run and the number of IOCs in deployment,
one can appreciate that a conservative approach to upgrades has been
adopted.
The X-ray beam lines (who are direct beneficiaries of the efforts of the
EPICS core team) that run EPICS (200 VxWorks IOCs, ca. 100 Linux IOCs,
perhaps a few RTEMS IOCs) are all on 3.14 versions. It is much easier
to apply upgrades at beam lines since they each independently and can be
upgraded on an individual basis.
Pete
On 11/21/2012 2:54 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for pointing out the new features in the Base 3.15.
I'm very surprised by the chart "Accelerator IOC EPICS Versions" in
your presentation: ~60% IOCs were using aged version 3.13 in March,
2011 and 25% in Sept. 2012. I always think that APS is the pioneer in
the EPICS base. But after seeing this chart, I think that APS is
pioneering in the base development rather than the deployment. Could
anyone share your experience and opinion why it is so difficult to
upgrade the legacy to the up-to-date?
Thanks,
Jack
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