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RT Linux Patches
sally bitter writes "Linux 2.6 kernel Real-Time? It is going to happen soon. Montavista developers submitted patches today to LKML to begin testing all the low latency task preempt and interrupt stuffs they're introducing."
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Does this mean i won't have to adjust my clock any more? ;)
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
Your attempt was pre-empted by a higher priority post. I guess the RT patches work.
There are no karma whores, only moderation johns
I, for one, don't like the idea of Linux running as the OS for my engine-management system.
The first pile-up after they're introduced and slashdot'll be covered in "So that's what a beowulf cluster of Linux EMUs looks like".
I guess today is a passable day to die.
Windows.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
THAR IS BOMB ON COMPUTAR
everyone stay calm, if the game drops below 55 frames per second this user will die. Or at least kill alot of people in a fit of rage.
Personally, I'd be satisfied if they (or someone) semaphored everything at a low enough granularity to allow multiple processes in kernel context at the same time.
RTFA. Or (god forbid) the code.
Linux has allowed multiple processes in kernel context at the same time for ages. It's called SMP and/or CONFIG_PREEMPT.
>Piracy never really affected the Sega CD, which has >no copy protection at all, because no one had CD >burners.
Piracy never really affected the Sega CD, because no one actually bought the thing. }:)
-Z