Re: [Xenomai-help] Confusion regarding linux/xenomai tasks

[Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>]

Zara Tustra wrote:
> I've read some information regarding the difficulty of communication
> between Linux threads and Xenomai tasks, and I've had some
> misinformation fired at me from co-workers.

Regarding this, you definitely need to fix your co-workers, not Xenomai.

 I just want to make some
> points clear:
> 
> 1) Can a Linux application launch Xenomai tasks, or I've horribly
> misread things somewhere? My understanding is that Xenomai tasks are
> commonly activated by a Linux process.
> 
> 2) Can real-time Xenomai tasks started by a Linux application
> communicate with it through the global variables of that application?
> 
> 3) What happens if I make a syscall or similar non-real-time call from a
> Xenomai task? Is the task automatically 'demoted' to non-real-time? How
> can I tell?
>

Please start there:
http://www.xenomai.org/documentation/branches/v2.3.x/pdf/Native-API-Tour-rev-C.pdf

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Philippe.