Papers On Real-Time And Embedded Linux

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices has once again published the proceedings of the annual Real-Time Linux Workshop. This one, the seventh, was held in France earlier this month, at the University for Science and Technology of Lille (USTL). The papers span a range of topics, from fundamental real-time technologies to applications, hardware, and tools. Enjoy!"

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Re:what about a complete embedded linux distributi

[Jerry Coffin]

what about a complete embedded linux distribution for x86. Just think how much faster your system would become.

This has already been modded as a troll, but giving you the benefit of the doubt, do you mean something different from things like Monta Vista or Lynuxworks ?

Of course, it's also worth mentioning that "real time" doesn't necessarily mean "fast." In fact, rather the opposite is typically true: a real-time system must (by nature) make the worst case predictable -- but often compromises the average performance to do so.

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not really key area for linux

[Keruo]

Embedded devices aren't really focus market for linux. Even with being stripped to bare minimum, the kernel will take over 500kb to operate.
Embedded systems usually don't have need to carry that much memory. Task specific operating systems like TRON and its variations take only few kilobytes, and are extremely efficient and reliable in what they do.
What linux provides, is interesting approach, but it also rises the price tag with hardware specs higher than the cheapest alternatives.