Re: [Xenomai-help] Kernel configuration suggestions/hints

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

On 10/04/2011 10:42 AM, Julien Delange wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I am currently building a customized kernel to build a real-time
> application. At this time, the requirement is very basic : I have one
> periodic task in userland that acquires data from an analogy card
> (ni6071e) with a 1ms period/deadline. At that time, the task miss one
> deadline at each period, meaning that the code is executed in 2ms
> instead of 1ms (and so, the deadline expires). So, I configured my
> kernel without power management and with a timer at 1000Hz and a
> tickless system (see variables below). However I would like to know if
> there are other relevant configuration parameters that may influence
> the scheduling of xenomai tasks so that I can make sure that my
> application meets its requirements. If anyone has a feedback about
> kernel configuration in that scope, it might be really useful ! In
> addition, depending on your answer, it may be also good to report good
> practices about the kernel configuration on the wiki, what do you
> think about it ?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestion,
> 
> Kernel configuration variables:
> CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
> CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
> CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
> CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
> CONFIG_HZ=1000
> CONFIG_PM is not set
> CONFIG_SFI is not set
> CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set
> CONFIG_CPU_IDLE is not set

I am sorry, I do not really understand what you are doing, what has
CONFIG_HZ to do with your issue?

Could you post a self-contained example allowing to reproduce the issue
you observe?

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                                                                Gilles.