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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. Wait a sec by Code+Dark · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wait a sec... if the kernel updates itself in real time (if I'm reading this correctly), wouldn't that make everything very unstable? Without ample testing, the rock-solid linux kernels would be bug-riddled and unreliable. On the other hand, the kernel _fixes_ would come instantly too... this is a very interesting concept.

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    - Code Dark
  2. Time to be a troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Sorry to say that but, do you really want to use rtlinux? I mean, linux is not real time at all, it is too big (about 1Mb) and rtlinux is just a true RTOS running linux as it lowest priority thread. So, if you want to use some linux service, it is goint to be executed in the lowest priority level. At the end what you win?

    I will stand using a true RTOS link=www.rtmes.com .