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The preemptible Linux kernel patch that
was originally introduced by MontaVista
Software and more recently championed by
Robert Love has been merged by Linus
Torvalds into the main linux
development-kernel tree, beginning
version v2.5.4-pre6. This adds a far
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greater degree of real-time
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responsiveness to the standard Linux
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kernel, by reducing interrupt latencies
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while kernel functions are
executing. The story at LinuxDevices.com
includes comments by Robert Love, and
there is also a recent interview with
Robert Love about the preemptable kernel
here and a whitepaper about the
technology by MontaVista here."
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