>> I ran the same test on exactly the same hardware (dual boot) running LynxOS.
>> With LynxOS the time between IT Handler and RT_Task (that is a kernel thread
>> for LynxOS) is in the range 10-15 usecs. [20-25 for RTL].
>> My question is then, is there any possible optimization in the rt_sched
>> to get a better response time ?
>
>It's most likely the unecessary timer overhead in the scheduler -- uncessary
>for your example.
>Try putting rt_set_periodic_mode (LATCH) into your example init code.
>
>You are using 9J right?
I tried it! Worked GREAT!!!!
The scheduler latency time went down to a 3-5 usecs, which is just plain great.
Thanks a lot for the hint!
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