On Tuesday 03 August 2010 16:35:02 Vivek Ayer wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm building an application that requires the use of a real-time > kernel. I don't have money right now to purchase a physical machine to > run rtlinux on, and was going to try a virtual solution. Can I install > rtlinux in kvm, qemu, or uml? Yes, you can install it that way. However, the effect would be similar to "upgrading" your speedometer in a car so the maximum speed is not 140 mph but 200 mph - the car won't go any faster! So, if the platform isn't real time to start with, a real time kernel on top of that platform is not going to solve your problems. The main kernel will happily block for indeterminate times at unexpected moments - your VM will only run outside of those blockages. Your VM's RT behavior will be worse than the original platform's. -- Klaas van Gend Senior Solutions Architect, MontaVista Software LLC phone: +31 40 2801386 -- 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
