Al, On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Al Dorrington wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on a proof of concept project where we are going to try moving an > application that runs on VxWorks to Linux. I believe with what I've read on this > mailing list, and the RTwiki site that Linux is definitely up to the task with > these kernel patches. > > However, I am not really sure which distribution of Linux we should use as the > base, nor am I sure if it would be better to stick with the 'i386' distribution > or go with the x86_64 variant. > > I am considering Fedora 10, either i386 or x86_64. > > Does anyone have any comments or recommendations for which might be better to > use, or if we would be better off using another distribution? We have the preempt-rt kernels running on various distros and I can't tell a difference. It's up to your personal preference. 32 vs. 64bit: if your cpu has 64 bit then using a 64bit distro is the natural choice, but it works with 32bit equally well. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
