Subject: Re: [LAU] pretty much frustrated about those rt-kernels!

From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@...> · Date: Friday, July 4, 2008 - 5:53 pm

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:19 AM, schoappied  wrote:
> I like to learn it. Do you have a good tutorial?
Good is subjective but you could start with the RT-Wiki:
http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions
There isn't much to building an RT kernel. It's a vanilla kernel with

a couple of patches and a few options turned on. Where I think things

get messy is when they try to build a Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora RT kernel,

etc. Then it depends on whether what those developers have added to

the kernel and whether it's compatible with the RT stuff.
Personally I've NEVER run a Gentoo RT kernel. I'm not sure if one

exists. I use a standard kernel from kernel.org with Ingo's patches.

It has always worked well for me.
>

quoted text> But anyway it would be good if there is a rt kernel in all the distros,

> there are also people who don't like or can't make a rt-kernel.

> Like Ubuntu has a real time kernel included...

>
That's a matter of having someone to do the work mostly. Once you

learn you can do it yourself and provide it back to your distro if you

think others want it. Again, for me, I don't run customized

distro-kernels on any machine I work on. Everything is vanilla either

with or without the RT patch set.
Good luck,

Mark

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