[ag-automation] [ANNOUNCE] RTDM for Linux-rt

[Wolfgang Grandegger]

Hello,

we are proud to announce the first version of RTDM-native, a port of
RTDM [1] over native Linux with the real-time preemption and
high-resolution timer patch [2,3].

RTDM, the Real-Time Driver Model, is an approach to unify the interfaces
for developing device drivers and associated applications under
real-time Linux. So far it was available for the dual-kernel hard
real-time Linux extensions Xenomai [4] and RTAI [5]. This port now
permits to use RTDM drivers like RTserial, RT-Socket-CAN and soon RTnet
with Linux-rt as well. RTDM-native is actually on the road map [6] of
Xenomai 3 aiming at support for native preemption.

RTDM is also an option for OSADL's "Universal Fieldbus and Industrial
I/O Framework" [7] and we believe, that this port makes it even more
attractive as user I/O interface.

Attached you can find a README on how to install and use RTDM-native and
the current implementation status.

Special thanks go to the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL)
[7] for sponsoring this project.

Wolfgang and Jan.


[1]
http://www.xenomai.org/documentation/branches/v2.3.x/pdf/RTDM-and-Applications.pdf
[2] http://people.redhat.com/mingo/realtime-preempt/
[3] http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
[4] http://www.xenomai.org
[5] http://www.rtai.org
[6] http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/Xenomai:Roadmap
[7] http://www.osadl.org



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