FBSD Realtime

[Da Rock]

On 12/21/10 14:39, Ian Smith wrote:
> In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 342, Issue 1, Message: 14
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:49:08 -0600
> Brandon Gooch<jamesbrandongooch at gmail.com>  wrote:
>   >  On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Da Rock
>   >  <freebsd-questions at herveybayaustralia.com.au>  wrote:
>
>   >  >>  I can't seem to get my head on straight with the realtime scheduling in
>   >  >>  FBSD despite all my googling. Can someone give me a pointer to the latest
>   >  >>  info? As far as I can tell FBSD has it, but only root(?) can use it?
>   >  >>
>   >  >>  I'm interested in who can use it, and how to allow a user to obtain the
>   >  >>  realtime access.
>   >
>   >  There's an ongoing discussion/debate between two very knowledgeable
>   >  and talented developers (plus a supporting cast) regarding the
>   >  real-time support in FreeBSD; it's happening on freebsd-arch@:
>   >
>   >  http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2010-December/010835.html
>   >
>   >  I suggest giving it a read if you are planning on deploying some
>   >  real-time process (or are interested in reading about FreeBSD
>   >  internals from some very knowledgeable people).
>
> Brandon, thanks for the pointer; I love it when those guys talk dirty :)
>
> Rock, I think that thread well explains why only root may assign rtprio.
>
> It's encouraging seeing rtprio get some oil; realtime at freebsd.org has
> been all but dead for years, its latest message scheduling euthanasia:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-realtime/2010-November/000035.html
>
> cheers, Ian
>    
Yeah I know, its why I asked here first. I'm hunting in the archives, 
but given its so sparse and so far mostly past history I wanted to see 
if there was any newer info/docs/lists where I could gain some 
understanding of it.

Thanks guys