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Subject:    Re: [rtl] LinuxWorldExpo BOF Session
From:       yodaiken () chelm ! cs ! nmt ! edu
Date:       1999-01-25 18:12:50
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Linus said 2.3
I'm trying to organize distributions in the meantime.It might help  if you
asked Redhat for a rtlinux distribution.

On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 09:35:56AM -0800, frasc wrote:
> 
> Phil,
> 
> > I totally agree.
> > It would be nice to have the required modifications in the kernel from the
> > start.
> > The RT applications and scheduler should still be insmodded in as they are
> > now.
> 
> I do fully agree too.
> 
> > As a potential industrial user of the system I can ( now ) convince my
> > management to consider using Linux.
> > They are getting used to the whole idea.
> > RT_Linux as a "patched add on" is a more difficult prospect.
> 
> I am exactly in the same situation.
> 
> The various benchmarking I made with RTL recently (Remember the `scheduler
> latency' thread a couple of days ago?) have PROVEN that RTL is worth being
> considered.
> 
> Now, the concept of kernel patch is not really appealling to industrial
> managers.
> 
> > If all the patches were in the mainstream kernel then the RT Linux concept
> > becomes more of a specialist application rather than a kernel tweak.
> > This is much less of a fear to management.
> 
> So, the question is now:
> 
> "What will it take to have RTL patch in the mainstream kernel ?"
> 
> Anybody heard what Linus had to say about it ?
> 
> -- 
> Frederic.R.R.Roussel
> Frederic.Roussel@efi.com
> 
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