Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 04:32:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 04:32:31 -0400 Received: from mail.loewe-komp.de ([62.156.155.230]:45327 "EHLO mail.loewe-komp.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 04:32:30 -0400 Message-ID: <3CFF1EA3.80300@loewe-komp.de> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 10:34:43 +0200 From: Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=E4chtler?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: de, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Mielke CC: Oliver Xymoron , Daniel Phillips , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Adeos nanokernel for Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <20020605164837.A25348@mark.mielke.cc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark Mielke wrote: > I like the idea of Adeos, and nanokernels. I like the idea of RT, and > I like the fact that the Open Source community is interested in all of > these topics. It means that solutions such as VxWorks now have real > competition, and they will be forced to make their large price tag > purchase real value for customers, or customers will shop elsewhere. > I'm also not against such approaches. As I worked for QNX I liked to provoke my Canadian coworkers with arguments like: RTLinux is able to swap - not bad for a hack ;-) http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=378b7d25%240%24199%40nntp1.ba.best.com&output=gplain > Just... an .mp3 player for a desktop environment? This is a > joke. Maybe the RTOS can perform my compiles too? That way will be > able to accurately predict how long it will take to compile > linux-2.4.18 each and every time. When talking about hard realtime it's all about worst case considerations. Average does not count (then you are talking about *soft realtime* -> like multimedia apps, where only the quality counts). So you could only tell how long your compile lasts at *maximum* As I said before: the OS is only the foundation for realtime *systems* > > Summary: Linux + RTOS should never become VxWorks. > Yes, given that vxworks is more like a realtime executive (but this seems to change: only true when running without VxVMI? ) http://www.windriver.com/products/html/vxwks5x_ds.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/