On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 02:07:19PM +0800, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo wrote:

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> I tried googling for real-time computing with OpenBSD and all I found

> was reference to RTMX.

> In http://openbsd.org/products.html, it read: They (RTMX) have

> graciously donated the source code for these extensions, and these

> changes will be integrated into OpenBSD soon.

> In http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2004-01/1001.html,

> it stated it was supposed to have been already implemented in OpenBSD

> release 3.2.

> It sure would be great knowing the OS we love is already for real-time

> as it's already enjoying great reputation as a secure platform.

no, it isn't realtime. Processes cannot be preempted while running

in kernel mode. Nethertheless, it is quite usable for applications

that need few millisecond latency (such as audio/midi).
-- Alexandre