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2023-11-12 12:00

Open Source License Obligations Checklists even better now

Import the checklists to other tools, create context diffs and merged lists


2023-03-01 12:00

Embedded Linux distributions

Results of the online "wish list"


2022-01-13 12:00

Phase #3 of OSADL project on OPC UA PubSub over TSN successfully completed

Another important milestone on the way to interoperable Open Source real-time Ethernet has been reached


2021-02-09 12:00

Open Source OPC UA PubSub over TSN project phase #3 launched

Letter of Intent with call for participation is now available



Real Time Linux Workshops

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15th Real Time Linux Workshop, October 28 to 31, 2013 at the Dipartimento Tecnologie Innovative, Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano-Manno, Switzerland

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October 28 to 31, 2013
Dipartimento Tecnologie Innovative
Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana
Lugano-Manno
Switzerland

Linux quality assurance at the OSADL QA Farm

by Carsten Emde, Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) eG

Many computers easily pass the initial (e.g. cyclictest) smoke test when a PREEMPT_RT Linux real-time kernel was newly installed and is running for the first time. So far so good. But does the computer still perform when it is used in an industrial environment and has to execute real work instead of just an idle loop? Often not. The OSADL QA Farm was established exactly to close this gap and to test PREEMPT_RT Linux real-time kernels on a large number of systems with a wide variety of architectures, clock frequencies, memory sizes, load scenarios etc. This half-day hands-on seminar will explain the various tests using for Linux quality assurance at the OSADL QA Farm and run them on the participants' computers. At the end of the seminar, every participant will have profound knowledge how to examine an industrial computer for its suitability as a real-time control system.

About Carsten Emde

Carsten Emde has spent more than 25 years as a software developer, system integrator and software consultant for industrial computer systems. Among others, he is specialized on real time, video and image processing. Since founding of the Open Source Automation Development Lab (www.osadl.org) in 2005, he is serving the organization as general manager.