From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:22:27 -0400 From: Kurt Wall To: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: What does Montavista Linux gives you in addition to standard Linux ? Message-ID: <20020423202227.GD3066@timesys.com> References: <7754BDCF5E4.AAA217C@hermes17.si.c-s.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <7754BDCF5E4.AAA217C@hermes17.si.c-s.fr> Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Speaking anonymously, LEROY Christophe told us: > > Hi, > > I thought that Montavista had really improved the realtime of Linux, > but i've been told that Montavista has only improved realtime for threads > and for SMP. I guess you'd have to try it and see for yourself. > It means it is only interesting if you have only one process per CPU, with > a lot of threads inside it. > > Is that right ? > > If it is right, I can't see any interest of using Linux for embedded > systems. As someone else wrote, Montavista Linux isn't the only real-time or embedded Linux. You might have a look at TimeSys Linux: http://www.timesys.com/. Kurt (not speaking for my employer) -- The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat. -- John McNulty ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/