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Linus Pooh-Pooh's Real-Time Patch

Posted by timothy on from the standoffish dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Speaking with CNet via email, Linus Torvalds appears to be in no hurry to accept the latest real-time patches from embedded specialist MontaVista into the mainstream kernel, at least not "at this time." Nontheless, MontaVista's new open-source real-time Linux project could broadly expand commercial opportunities for the open source OS, especially in telecom initially, where real-time Linux will likely play on "both ends of the wire." For example, Linux is already making progress in smartphones."

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  1. Re:Patents ? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Perhaps Victor Yodaiken might want to pull another one of his lame patent stunts on Montavista. That'd be rather amusing actually...

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  2. Alternatives? by Tellalian · · Score: 3, Interesting

    At the risk of sounding redundant, how is MontaVista's implementation significantly better or different from pre-existing real-time Linux interfaces, such as FSMLabs' RT Linux or DIAPM's RTAI?