Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:37:14 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD Realtime Message-ID: <4D109F7A.7060704@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20101221145455.T27345@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20101220120038.3434C106574B@hub.freebsd.org> <20101221145455.T27345@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On 12/21/10 14:39, Ian Smith wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 342, Issue 1, Message: 14 > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:49:08 -0600 > Brandon Gooch<jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Da Rock > > <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > > >> I can't seem to get my head on straight with the realtime scheduling in > > >> FBSD despite all my googling. Can someone give me a pointer to the latest > > >> info? As far as I can tell FBSD has it, but only root(?) can use it? > > >> > > >> I'm interested in who can use it, and how to allow a user to obtain the > > >> realtime access. > > > > There's an ongoing discussion/debate between two very knowledgeable > > and talented developers (plus a supporting cast) regarding the > > real-time support in FreeBSD; it's happening on freebsd-arch@: > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2010-December/010835.html > > > > I suggest giving it a read if you are planning on deploying some > > real-time process (or are interested in reading about FreeBSD > > internals from some very knowledgeable people). > > Brandon, thanks for the pointer; I love it when those guys talk dirty :) > > Rock, I think that thread well explains why only root may assign rtprio. > > It's encouraging seeing rtprio get some oil; realtime@freebsd.org has > been all but dead for years, its latest message scheduling euthanasia: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-realtime/2010-November/000035.html > > cheers, Ian > Yeah I know, its why I asked here first. I'm hunting in the archives, but given its so sparse and so far mostly past history I wanted to see if there was any newer info/docs/lists where I could gain some understanding of it. Thanks guys
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