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SubjectRe: 2us Interrupt latency's for Linux 2.0.xx
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 04:43:51PM -0500, Manoj Apte wrote:
> RT-linux as it existed (version 0.5) was quite far from our final
> requirements, so we have been working on modifying the kernel to adapt it
> to support an optimal mpirt implementation.
> For instance, we developed our
> own time based scheduling mechanisms using the APIC that rtlinux is
> incorporating only now.

RTLinux has used APIC for more than a year. Not that it's such a big deal.

> We are not reimplementing anything, mostly adapting things to our

I'd very much like to see a copy of your DARPA proposal.

> needs. It is unfortunate that you were led to believe the contrary, and
> caused you such concern. I certainly hope this mail would help resolve any
> misconceptions.

I'm not concerned and you are welcome to do what you want with GPL'd software
as long as you maintain credits and don't violate license terms.

And congratulations. By moving to a RTLinux base instead of a Mach base you
fixed one of the two fundamental problems with Mach/Maruti.


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Victor Yodaiken
Department of Computer Science
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro NM 87801
Homepage http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~yodaiken
PowerPC Linux page http://linuxppc.cs.nmt.edu
Real-Time Page http://rtlinux.org


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