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Old 26th June 2008
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I'd have to know what "real time kernel" actually means. It sounds like something I'd read in a 4-colour-glossy.

Hm wikipedia has something to say. Check out the various shcduler tunings. Make sure PREEMPTION is on, for instance, and use the new SCHED_ULE, not SCHED_4BSD. There are probably a number of other options that can reduce latency at the cost of overall performance. You cannot, however, turn BSD into a true [wiki]real-time operating system[/wiki]. I strongly suspect that you cannot make linux into one either, despite the kernel option.
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