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    SubjectRe: RT patch acceptance
    Is the RT patch for the x86 only or is it arch independent?
    I'd like to do some work with it on our embedded boards if I don't get
    restricted to pentiums.

    thx,
    NZG.

    On Wednesday 25 May 2005 16:05, Esben Nielsen wrote:
    > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Tom Vier wrote:
    > > If irqs are run in threads, which are scheduled, how are they scheduled?
    > > fifo? What's the point then; simply to let the top half run to completion
    > > before another top half starts? If it's about setting scheduling
    > > priorities for irq threads, some one top half can prempt another, why not
    > > just use irq levels, like bsd (using pic's is slower than using
    > > threads?)?
    >
    > Long interrupt handlers can be interrupt by _tasks_, not only other
    > interrupts! An audio application running in userspace can be scheduled
    > over an ethernet interrupt handler copying data from the
    > controller into RAM (without DMA).
    >
    > Esben
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