[email protected] wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has been able to apply a RT patch
> to the kernel supplied by the DaVinci PSP. I'm working with
> an OMAP L137 EVM board, and I need to run an application on
> the ARM that handles some routines periodically.
>
> On the DSP I can make use of the timer to handle my RT needs,
> but from the Linux part I have no idea how to do this. I've
> tried applying the RT patch for the kernel version on which
> the DaVinci kernel is based on, but even though I managed to
> compile it, it crashes whenever I try to boot from it.
>
> Please let me know if anyone has managed to apply a RT
> correctly or give me some advice on what direction to look
> for to satisfy the needs of my application.

What are the needs of your application?

Do you really need the RT patches? Many features from RT are in the
mainline now.

You can of course do things preiodically under Linux without RT,
it just depends on maximum acceptable latency...


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