> The chips may or may not be safe, that isn't the point. There are > real world applications where response time is an issue and meeting > these criteria is sometimes impossible from a user application. > Switching to an RTOS is certainly an option, it would very likely Firstly: Linux has an RT patch and its expected to get merged soon Second: Linux has RT processes already Third: A non RT Linux kernel space and user space will not give much different performance -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html