Re: [tlug] timing for geeks II.

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 19/12/05, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:

> If you really need small "TDBSR", then you need a real-time
> operating system. Linux is a general purpose operating system,
> but is not a real-time operating system, although there is much
> work on improving Linux's real-time performance, even if it isn't
> an actual real-time operating system. There are also genuine
> (hard) real-time operating systems that can run Linux.

Linux has a real-time scheduler, but I have not used it. Has anyone? I
would be curious to see how well it works for real-time systems.

Solaris is a real-time OS, FYI.

Cheers,
Josh