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2010-03-10 12:00
Parallel real-time on multi-core systems with mainline Linux
Several tasks simultaneously running at real-time priority no longer interfere to each other!
2010-02-22 12:00
"Latest Stable" Linux mainline real-time 2.6.31 is out!
Kernel 2.6.31.12-rt21 is our latest and greatest
2010-02-21 12:00
OSADL at the Embedded World 2010
Industry needs Open Source - Open Source meets Industry
2010-02-09 12:00
Spinlock annotations merged from the realtime tree to Linux mainline in 2.6.33
Raw spinlocks are the "real" spinlocks now
2010-02-08 12:00
Prof Eben Moglen on "GNU GPL Version 3: The Law Making Process"
International Conference on Commons, Users, Service Providers Internet (Self-)Regulation and Copyright
2009-11-23 12:00
Added a new HOWTO to the OSADL Website: Use BuildRoot to create a Linux image for QEMU
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OSADL Project: "Latest stable" RT-Preempt realtime Linux kernel
OSADL recommends the RT-Preempt realtime Linux kernel 2.6.31.12-rt21 as latest stable version (Released on February 22, 2010)
Kernel
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.31.12.tar.bz2
RT-Preempt Patch
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.31.12-rt21.bz2
These references are also intended to form the basis of an OSADL maintained kernel to be used in the Safety Critical Linux project.
Instructions
Short installation instruction
A quick list of the commands needed to download, patch and build an RT-Preempt realtime Linux kernel is given here.
HOWTO
How to enable realtime capabilities of the mainline kernel including hints how to check the realtime capabilities of the newly compiled kernel is further explained here.
Earlier versions
For a limited time, the last but one "Latest Stable" release of the RT-PREEMPT patches is still maintained, and fixes are packported to it, if necessary.
Kernel
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.29.6.tar.bz2
RT-Preempt Patch
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.29.6-rt24.bz2