[uClinux-dev] Questions regarding real-time implications of uClinux

[Mike Thompson]

Hi everyone,

I've been working with uClinux on the Suzaku Xilinx Microblaze FPGA 
hardware and I am just now getting into more serious application 
development involving motion control of motors.

The question I have for others more familiar with uClinux is if there 
are good books or resources on the web that would describe techniques 
for controlling hardware under uClinux that would help compensate for 
the fact it is not a true real-time OS.  The Suzaku provided uClinux 
kernel is 2.4 if that makes a difference as to what features are or are 
not available to drivers or applications to help with real-time 
performance.

uClinux provides a rich environment of tools and applications to assist 
with software development that I would strongly prefer to us it than 
other more minimal environments that have true real-time 
characteristics.  As with anything, things like this are always a 
trade-off and I hope that I'm making the right decision.

Thanks,

Mike Thompson