RTLinux is a version of Linux that provides hard real-time capability and has been used in many real world applications, from NASA flying into the eye of Hurricane Georges, to the Jim Henson Creatureshop's (Hollywood, CA) “animatropic” character automation. RTLinux was originally developed at the New Mexico Institute of Technology.

This white paper about RTLinux was written by Victor Yodaiken, one of the principal developers of RTLinux. The paper discusses the requirements of “hard real time” systems and explains how these needs have been satisfied in the design of RTLinux. The paper, entitled “The RTLinux Manifesto” is for download here (400K byte PDF file).

 
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