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2009-06-10 12:00
New waves with Linux
Analyze the temporal relationship of Linux tasks using the kernel tracer
2009-06-09 12:00
Mainline Realtime Linux (PREEMPT_RT) 2.6.29 declared "Latest Stable"
Upgrade to 2.6.29.4-rt17 and enjoy better performance and responsiveness of the Linux kernel than ever before
2009-06-02 12:00
Do you need a graphical user interface for your embedded system?
The Linux kernel is ideally suitable for all variants of embedded systems - but many devices need a GUI on top of it. The Qt toolkit and services ...
2009-05-30 12:00
Meet Linux real time kernel developers at RTLWS11
Everything you always wanted to know about Linux real time but were afraid to ask
2009-04-16 12:00
OSADL welcomes its new members
Intel, SERCOS International & SYSGO join OSADL - meet them at our Open Source conference at the Hannover Fair 2009 |
OSADL Project: "Latest stable" RT-Preempt realtime Linux kernel
OSADL recommends the RT-Preempt realtime Linux kernel 2.6.29.5-rt22 as latest stable version (Released on June 23, 2009)
Kernel
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.29.5.tar.bz2
RT-Preempt Patch
rt.et.redhat.com/download/patch-2.6.29.5-rt22.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-2.6.26.8.tar.bz2
RT-Preempt Patch
rt.et.redhat.com/download/patch-2.6.26.8-rt16.bz2