Messages in this thread | | | From | yodaiken@chelm ... | Subject | Re: real-time support in Linux (again) | Date | Sun, 28 Feb 1999 00:18:52 -0700 (MST) |
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> what's the difference between using rtlinux for real-time and linux for > time-sharing, and Sun's approach with Solaris where the scheduler > algorithms are contained in something akin to loadable kernel modules?
Sun advertises 2millisecond worst case response time on a dual processor that is only running their "rt" on one processor. RTlinux gives 40microsecond response time on a single 486. So the difference is about 2 orders of magnitude in performance and plus 3 more in cost.
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