Socorro, NM and Hollabrun, Austria — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs and FSMLabs Data GmbH announced the release of RTLinuxFree 3.2-pre1.

This is an upgrade with bugfixes, support for Linux kernel 2.4.18 and later, and many new contributed packages including . . .

• RT_com 0.5.5 – a real-time serial driver
  
• RTsock – UPD packets capability for RT threads
  
• Additional examples
  
• Port to the StrongARM
  
• Drivers for data-aquisition cards
  
• And more

This release is a pre-release for RTLinuxFree 3.2 but is considered stable. It contains more than a year's worth of contributions.

What is RTLinuxFree?

RTLinuxFree is free software released under the GPL and the RTLinux Open Patent License. RTLinuxFree is the free software version of FSMLabs RTCore POSIX PS51 robust “hard” real-time kernel that can run Linux as a preemptible thread. RTLinuxPro and RTCoreBSD are commercial versions from FSMLabs. RTLinux is used for everything from satellite controllers, telescopes, and jet engine test stands, to routers and computer graphics.

RTLinux Free 3.2 is available at www2.fsmlabs.com/3.2-free.html and at www.fsmlabs.at/rtlinuxgpl.html.

 
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