>> Is patching the kernel necessary in order to use xenomai? > > It depends on which version of Xenomai you are talking about. If you are > talking about Xenomai stable version, then yes, you have to follow the > installation instructions here: > http://www.xenomai.org/documentation/xenomai-2.6/html/README.INSTALL/ > > Which include running the "prepare-kernel.sh" patch, which modifies the > kernel. > > If you are talking about Xenomai current development version, a.k.a. Xenomai > forge, then it gives you the choice of running: > - on an unmodified kernel (but you will not have real-time guarantees); > - a kernel patched with the PREEMPT_RT patch; > - a kernel modified as with the stable version. > > The current state of Xenomai forge is that it is stable enough on the x86 > and ARM architectures to run a latency test under load.
Thanks I really need to try Xenomai forge. I wish Gentoo had an ebuild but there is a bug for it: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438236 - Grant _______________________________________________ Xenomai mailing list [email protected] http://www.xenomai.org/mailman/listinfo/xenomai
