On 2001-07-12 15:58 -0500, Christopher Lee wrote:
> >From the rtlinux.org FAQ
> ------------------------
> 6. Q: How well does it [rtlinux] work?
>
> A: Quite well. Worst-case times are about 15microseconds between the
> assertion of an interrupt and the starting of the realtime handler on a
> generic x86 PC, and better on the Alpha and PowerPC platforms. These times
> are close to the hardware limit, yet all of the power of Linux remains
> easily accessible to the realtime programmer.
Yuck! If you infrapolate, this means that a 4.77 MHz 8086 would
have had a 1500 �S IRQ latency. That would have been unworkable.
Something must have gone wrong along the way.
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Andr� Majorel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
