Hello.
First question, does somebody can briefly explain what's different between LinuxCNC and MachineKIT?
I understand machinekit's community forked from LinuxCNC a lot time ago and tried to use a somewhat different HAL layer model which allowed them to create a working setup for Beagle Bone Black, but I don't exactly get it, there is a HAL in LinuxCNC as well, so why this is not possible with LinuxCNC?
Nowdays, the machinekit's web-site is fairly broken and outdated.
The main project on github of machinekit is archived and replaced by machinekit-cnc and machinekit-hal but I don't get to find any resource when or why this was done.
Another set of questions I have are:
- Is machinekit up to date with LinuxCNC?
- Is machinekit maintained?
- Is the BBB machinekit image still relevant (up-to-date)?
- Should I consider BBB with machinekit for a CNC build? Or should I go for LinuxCNC with mesa cards?