- From: frank mori hess <fmhess_at_students.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:27:14 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Calin A. Culianu wrote: > > I noticed this driver uses the linux kernel timer mechanism to simulate > comedi_cmd's. My question is this: is it possible to call comedi_cmd() > on this driver from a realtime thread? My (perhaps unfounded) fear is > that maybe the linux kernel routines that setup the timer and whatnot > aren't realtime-compatible? At least, will the kernel crash if you call > add_timer() from a realtime thread? > You should be fearful when using hard RT stuff. add_timer() is not safe to call from RT priority. Frank
Received on 2002-07-16Z23:27:14