weird@sub.wetshaving.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHonestly, 24MB is way too much for this setupsub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageHonestly, 24MB is way too much for this setupsub.wetshaving.socialweird@sub.wetshaving.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoPretty much the only place it doesn’t run is where you have hard real-time requirements and on extremely small embedded micro controllers.
minus-squareColloidal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoTechnically yes. But it can’t support many hard real-time use cases. For that you need a true RTOS, thought from the ground up for that purpose. Something like VxWorks, QNX, some flavors of L4.
minus-squareDeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s still around. The latest release (8.0) is free-as-in-beer for non-commercial use. It’s still proprietary though.
Pretty much the only place it doesn’t run is where you have hard real-time requirements and on extremely small embedded micro controllers.
But isn’t there a RTOS Linux kernel?
Technically yes. But it can’t support many hard real-time use cases. For that you need a true RTOS, thought from the ground up for that purpose. Something like VxWorks, QNX, some flavors of L4.
I miss QNX.
It’s still around. The latest release (8.0) is free-as-in-beer for non-commercial use. It’s still proprietary though.