So if I am reading your message correctly, preempt’s latencies are not typically as good as RTAI? Will there be an RTAI kernel for Stretch at some point? Thanks, -Tom
> On Jul 21, 2017, at 8:25 AM, Jeff Epler <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been working on a live+install image of Debian Stretch with > * The just-released LinuxCNC 2.7.10 > * kernel 4.9.0-3-rt-amd64 or 4.9.0-3-rt-686-pae > * xfce desktop (same desktop we used on wheezy) > * goodies like hostmot2 firmwares, truetype-tracer, f-engrave > > This image is based on the "PREEMPT RT" kernel, which typically > gives latencies good enough for FPGA-based systems, though often the > latency is too high for software encoder and stepgen systems. > Assuming you have a multi-core system, isolating the highest > numbered CPU with isolcpus=# on the kernel commandline may help > latency, just as with RTAI. > > Unless you know your computer only supports 32-bit code, I recommend > using the -amd64 image, which works for both AMD and Intel 64-bit > CPUs. > > Like the older images, you can either boot live to test your > hardware, or install to the hard disk, from the same iso image. > > The Debian image is a "hybrid" iso, which means you can use the same > iso file for a USB stick or a DVD. (The image is bigger than a > traditional CD, so you can't install from regular CD anymore.) > Instructions for writing the image to a USB stick from Windows and > Linux are here: > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hybrid_Iso > > **NOTE** the Ubuntu "startup disk creator" and unetbootin do NOT > handle hybrid images. Use the above instructions instead, if you > want to install from USB. To install from DVD you can use any > traditional method to write the iso image. > > You can find it at the temporary URL > http://www.linuxcnc.org/testing-stretch-rtpreempt/ > > For more notes and for the scripts used to build these images, > see https://github.com/jepler/stretch-live-build > > The github repository has an "issues" section. Please use it only > to file bugs about the image itself, not about bugs in LinuxCNC, > even if the bug in LinuxCNC seems to be specific to Debian Stretch. > (but if you aren't sure, then file it in stretch-live-build and > we'll triage it) > > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
