Re: Fedora 10 as basis for RT?

[Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>]

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On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:49:29 +0000 (UTC)
Al Dorrington <albert.dorrington@lmco.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am working on a proof of concept project where we are going to try moving an
> application that runs on VxWorks to Linux. I believe with what I've read on this
> mailing list, and the RTwiki site that Linux is definitely up to the task with
> these kernel patches.
> 
> However, I am not really sure which distribution of Linux we should use as the
> base, nor am I sure if it would be better to stick with the 'i386' distribution
> or go with the x86_64 variant.
> 
> I am considering Fedora 10, either i386 or x86_64. 
> 
> Does anyone have any comments or recommendations for which might be better to
> use, or if we would be better off using another distribution?
> 
> Thanks!
> - Al Dorrington
> 

I'm running the -rt kernel on F10 and it runs fine (both 32 and 64 bit
versions). That said, I expect any modern distro with an up-to-date
glibc will be perfectly fine for running an -rt Linux system.

I'd make my pick as to the arch based on how much memory you
anticipate stuffing into the system: more than 4GB, use 64-bit; less or
equal to 4GB, use what's native to the CPU. I generally use 64-bit
nowadays, but that's really just personal preference. Some folks still
claim that 32-bit is faster, but I haven't seen it.

Clark
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