On 11/26/2013 9:24 AM, Giuseppe Iellamo wrote:
> Just this morning I've tried to sample the encoder not using the sysfs 
> interface but mmaping the device counter to the xenomai task and i 
> experienced a big performance bump.

Note that in addition to the domain switch overhead, if you ever make a
Linux syscall from a xenomai task, you have lost any real-time
performance guarantees.  The Linux kernel can hold your task off for as
long as it wants, potentially hundreds of milliseconds or more.

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Charles Steinkuehler
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