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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. Re:So what is the verdict? by 0x0d0a · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are there any benefits for the senior noob who can patch and compile the kernel with the RT features.

    No. Real time functionality is not just "better latency". Real time stuff is generally significantly less efficient than traditional schedulers. It's useful for specialized work -- this is not "better desktop" or "better server" for anything approaching the typical Linux end user.

    If you're doing control work with Linux, then you might be interested.

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