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SubjectRe: real-time support in Linux (again)
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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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