>> 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

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