jpfr
10 months ago
This is a big achievement after many years of work!
Here are a few links to see how the work is done behind the scenes. Sadly arstechnica has only funny links and doesn't provide the actual source (why LinkedIn?).
Most of the work was done by Thomas Gleixner and team. He founded Linutronix, now (I believe) owned by Intel.
Pull request for the last printk bits: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=172623896125062&w=2
Pull request for PREEMPT_RT in the kernel config: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=172679265718247&w=2
This is the log of the RT patches on top of kernel v6.11.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-...
I think there are still a few things you need on top of a vanilla kernel. For example the new printk infrastructure still needs to be adopted by the actual drivers (UART consoles and so on). But the size of the RT patchset is already much much smaller than before. And being configurable out-of-the-box is of course a big sign of confidence by Linus.
Congrats to the team!
weinzierl
10 months ago
Thomas Gleixner is one if the most prolific people I've heard of. He has been one of the most active kernel developers for more than a decade, leading the pack at times, currently ranket at position five:
froh
10 months ago
TIL in 2022, Linutronix became an "independent subsidiary" of Intel, indeed:
helpfulContrib
10 months ago
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