Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:34:23 +1000 From: Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> Cc: freebsd-realtime@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Point in the right direction Message-ID: <20060921043423.GA83407@duncan.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <200609200841.k8K8faiZ003394@fire.jhs.private> References: <58304.134.253.26.6.1154383337.squirrel@godseyfamily.com> <200609200841.k8K8faiZ003394@fire.jhs.private>
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:41:36AM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > "David Godsey" wrote: > > So I have been combing the internet for information on realtime FreeBSD, > > but the information is limited. So there must be some more information > > out there, but I do not know where to look. Can someone direct me please? > > I'd guessed there was also an embedded list but can't see it at > http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/ > Other lists may have related interests, eg freebsd-small & freebsd-ppc > NanoBSD (& some other small type keyword I can't remember) may be > worth searching on The fine-grain locking and preemption in 6- and -current *should* be most of what is required to move towards realtime. Perhaps throw in a different scheduler for good measure. Having said that, I don't think that anyone is busy doing any characterisation of worst-case path lengths and lock-holds, which is the other side of the equation. -- Andrew
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