On Monday 01 December 2008 18:57:50 Chris Radek wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 05:46:48PM +0000, Leslie Newell wrote: > > Is it possible to use EMC with multi-core processors? I see that by > > default the kernel is compiled to only support one processor but what > > would happen if SMP support was compiled in? Would RTAI choke? > > > > As multi-core processors become more prevalent, would it be practical to > > dedicate one core to the realtime stuff and let the other(s) do the > > rest? It seems wasteful but I would have thought it would give very low > > latency. > > I did this a while back on a dual P3 system. It gave excellent > latency. Like you say, you can isolate a CPU so nothing but realtime > tasks run on it. No special support is needed in EMC2; it is just a > kernel and RTAI configuration issue. > > It was quite a job to get everything compiled right. I hope it's > easier now but I wouldn't bet on it.
Nice. What are the basic config settings you have to do? How to bind rtai to a CPU? -- Greetings Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
