From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Wagner Subject: Re: talking points Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:19:06 +0200 Message-ID: <562774AA.3000902@monom.org> References: <56264684.90606@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Trevor Woerner , linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from hotel311.server4you.de ([85.25.146.15]:34212 "EHLO hotel311.server4you.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932361AbbJULTL (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:19:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <56264684.90606@gmail.com> Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On 10/20/2015 03:49 PM, Trevor Woerner wrote: > In a week or so I'll be giving a talk at a local conference entitled: > "Introducing Linux to your Embedded Company". It'll be a talk aimed at > engineers to give them tips on how to introduce Linux at work. Some of > the main topics will include: legal information, advice on building and > cross-development, advocacy, what to expect, and I plan on having a > discussion about PREEMPT_RT (since most embedded companies are obsessed > with "real-time"). > > With respect to PREEMPT_RT I plan to discuss: > - the history of PREEMPT_RT (the -rt patch) > - tips for user-space apps https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/HOWTO:_Build_an_RT-application > - strongly convey that "real-time" doesn't mean "fast" Say you want a Deterministic Operating System aka DOS. (I stole this joke from Steven). cheers, daniel