Re: PREEMPT_RT vs ADEOS: the numbers, part 1

[Kristian Benoit <kbenoit@opersys.com>]

On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 02:15 -0700, Sven-Thorsten Dietrich wrote:
> Its a good start, and its excellent that its being looked at. Thank
> you
> guys very much for taking the time to compare these 2 very different
> systems. 

Youre welcome !

> I think the comparison should absolutely compare identical community
> kernels. The comparison between two different release candidates is
> questionable. rc2 to rc4 doesn't seem like much, after all, how much
> code could go into a release candidate. (diff | wc -l) 

I agree with that, but as the results show, there does'nt seems to be
much difference impact the numbers in the tested field.

> Also, I question testing -rc code in the first place, except for
> regression purposes. 

I tested the -rc code in orther to be able to compare the patched
kernels against theird own source.

> How does that effort compare for porting ADEOS code? If several weeks
> of
> work are invested in a comparison of rc2 to rc4, how much additional
> work is needed to bring Adeos up to the base for the current RT
> kernel?

Philippe, I think that question is youre !

Kristian