Abstract

The primary means of communication between RTLinux tasks and Linux tasks are realtime FIFOs. They were limited by the fact that there was a static number of them and their names were limited to /dev/rtf0 through /dev/rtfXX. Starting with RTLinux/Pro 1.2, we have added a means for creating real-time FIFOs with arbitrary names and locations that can be created and operated on just as… with ordinary UNIX FIFOs.

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