title: Has anyone run VxWorks on a desktop PC as a target
body: <p>Can I use a desktop PC to run VxWorks as the operating system?  In other words, can a standard PC be used as a target processor?  I'm not talking about hosting Workbench and a VxSim on the same machine.  Rather, I'm considering running just VxWorks (and my application) on a PC.</p>
  
  <p>It seems feasible as long as we can configure a board support package, and write or obtain device drivers for the I/O cards on the PCI bus.  What I wonder is, has anyone actually done this?</p>
  
  <p>I'm interested in saving a bit of money on hardware over a single board computer and cPCI backplane by using a spare desktop sitting around unused.  The application is for a test set to be used in a lab.  So, I don't need the portability, etc. of a typical embedded processor.</p>