“MontaVista Software, supplier of Hard Hat Linux, said it
has the answer for one of the shortcomings of Linux as an embedded
system: a real-time scheduler for the Linux kernel.”
“Real-time operating-system analysts said it is too early to
predict whether Linux will succeed as an embedded, real-time system
in small devices because there are numerous real-time vendors, such
as Green Hills Software and Wind River Systems, and while
established real-time OSes have real-time schedulers, Linux has
lacked one, given its primary development as a server and desktop
system.”
“A real-time scheduler for Linux can take real-time data inputs
from a medical monitor, factory-floor machine or other functioning
device and execute needed OS functions on the data, ahead of the
regular Linux scheduler, said Kevin Morgan, vice president of
engineering at MontaVista.”
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