I think you need to be looking beyond patching desktop and server distros to do RTOS. Look at the embedded open source RTOSs for a possible solution.
Here's a google query that turned up some interesting results: http://www.google.com/search?q=open+source+real+time+operating+system&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official Here's a nice article from the results of the query above that seems to offer a good intro to RTOSs: http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1155/sam0101k/0101k.htm Good luck! We are gunning for CajunBot!!! John --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, they have switched to gentoo (I am not > actually working on > anything yet, just doing research). They are > working on minimizing the > system as much as possible. > > As far as what they need, All I really know, is that > they need to have > the code run an algorithm every 10 ms (or some such > number). > > Maybe just a way to poll the system clock, or use > it(the clock) to tell > some process to wake up after so much time has > passed. However we do > it... we need a process to run so many times a > second, so we can make > sure that nothing gets hung up waiting. > > I also might have absolutely no idea what I am > talking about. > > --mat > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > > True. I think that is for soft real-time though. > Mat, what are your actual > > requirements? Do you know yet? > > > > --- > > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and > UNIX Servers" > > Download your free copy: > > http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices_ebook.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] rtos > > > > > > > >>I know you are using redhat in cajunbot, aren't > there realtime patches > >>for the kernel now? > >>I thought I saw something on /. about that a while > back. > >> > >> > >>On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:24:07 -0500, Mat Branyon > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>Anyone out there have some experience with linux > rtos? Or any other > >>>rtos for that matter? > >>> > >>>We are looking at using a real time system for > cajunbot, and was > >>>wondering if linux had the capabilities we needed > and whatnot. > >>> > >>>--mat > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>General mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Adam Melancon > >>Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us > >>Personal: http://www.melancon.org > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>General mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com
