David Schleef wrote:
> Most of your criteria are completely irrelevant for RTLinux. Writing
> for RTLinux is very similar to writing for a DSP plug-in card -- you
> are very close to the hardware, have limited "normal OS" functionality,
> and have to be careful how you talk to the "host processor". In the
> RTLinux case, you have an extraordinarily fast "DSP" (i.e., PIII 500
> and SMP, if you want), and the host processor is the extra CPU cycles
> your "DSP" doesn't use.
I like and share the analogy. Just let's not take it too far. Think
about caching and jitter problems we all know. DSPs can have some
latencies but are much more deterministic under high frequency
interrupts and heavy loads.
Ciao, Paolo.
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