Steve, The answer to that question is both yes and no. Yes in that most Linux kernels are not RTOS kernels. No in that there are Linux RT kernels -- see RT-Linux Project (<A HREF="http://luz.cs.nmt.edu/~rtlinux/"><A HREF="http://luz.cs.nmt.edu/~rtlinux/</A">http://luz.cs.nmt.edu/~rtlinux/</A</A>>) and the KU Real-Time Linux Project (<A HREF="http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/projects/kurt/"><A HREF="http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/projects/kurt/</A">http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/projects/kurt/</A</A>>). In the KU Real-Time Linux project page, there is a bit of description about RT systems. However, if you are interested in OSes, the best book both to read and for reference that I have seen is the "Dinosaur book". It's the book "Operating Systems Concepts" by Silberchatz and Galvin, which has dinosaurs on the cover. Regards, Kenneth Tan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C. J. Kenneth Tan E-mail: cjtan@acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038 cjtan@ieee.org 1-403-606-4257 URL: <A HREF="http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc"><A HREF="http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc</A">http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc</A</A>> Facsimile: 1-403-284-1980 "An engineer made programmer is one who attempts to solve a problem, A programmer made engineer is one who knows how to solve a problem." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
C. J. Kenneth Tan wrote:
Fred,
Do you know how many RTOS are there in this world? All that I can say is that I don't have enough fingers and toes to count them all.
In the book "Operating Systems Concepts" by Silberchatz and Galvin, you will find information on RTOS, when to use them, when not to use them. I don't think there are many home users who will have the type of work suitable for RTOS.
Regards, Kenneth Tan
Kenneth, et al,
What's the deal on this and Linux? I have been reading Randolph Bentson's _Inside Linux_. He discusses the fact that Linux is (was at the time of his writing) not a RTOS. Has this changed? Is it changing? There are a lot of questions I have about his book. I figure I should try to learn as much as I can before I begin cluttering the list with a bunch of questions, but since the issue came up. What d'ya know?
Steve --
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