On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: >> I do use a real-time kernel on a Debian based system for one of my >> customers (but I have to recompile the kernel anyway because I do other >> customizations) and I have good reasons to do so because I can't suffer >> serial overrun and I must ensure that the serial interrupt handler >> is run in the required time and that no other (kernel) task has higher >> priority. > > These *other customizations* are important to rt-kernel.
No they are not. It's a supplementary driver only. By -rt kernel, I refer to the patch set maintained by Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar: http://rt.wiki.kernel.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/ The patch set is progressively integrated in Linus's tree but there's still some work left and it will likely continue to exist for a long time. FWIW LWN has articles about its (progressive) integration. Of course, if we add a -rt flavor, we should have someone willing to maintain it within the kernel team. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
