Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26533086

Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
    6·
    3 days ago

    Does this turn Linux into a RTOS that can do stuff like control the ECU or traction control for a motorcycle?

      • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
        3·
        3 days ago

        But you’d still be crazy to use it for either of those purposes, given how safety critical they are. I expect it would be more likely used in robots like Spot, or manufacturing robots.

        • archomrade [he/him]English
          3·
          3 days ago

          Yea, given how new it is i probably wouldn’t trust it for something that important. But in-theory it’s meant to handle that type of embedded system