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RT Linux Patches

Posted by timothy on from the quitcher-laggin dept.

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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  1. Real time? by Eudial · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean i won't have to adjust my clock any more? ;)

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  2. Re:Frist Prost! by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your attempt was pre-empted by a higher priority post. I guess the RT patches work.

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  3. Re:Good news, folks by WillerZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    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".

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  4. Re:what will LINUX look like in 2010? by 0racle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows.

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  5. Re:Good news, folks by ZorinLynx · · Score: 3, Funny

    >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