Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:12:39 -0600 From: Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com> To: lwn@lwn.net Subject: RTLinux release FSMLabs releases RTLinux V3.0beta (Socorro, New Mexico, St. Petersberg Russia, Vienna Austria, June 17, 2000) FSMLabs released the V3.0 version of RTLinux hard realtime linux in developer beta today. RTLinux features a POSIX 1003.13 API, hard realtime functionality and the ability to take full advantage of the Linux kernel which runs under RTLinux as a non realtime thread. V3 runs on Intel IA32 (x86) compatible processors, Alpha processors, and on a variety of PowerPC systems. SMP is supported on x86. New features of this release are: - supports Alpha (uniprocessor), PowerPC (uniprocessor) and x86 (SMP and uniprocessor) - based on Linux-2.4.0test1 - performance improvements - mutex priority ceiling support - spinlock mutexes - updated mbuff driver - usleep - signal interface for real-time interrupts - x86 SMP interrupt focus.: - conditional variables - mixing v1 and v2 APIs is now possible FSMLabs is sevice of VJY Associates LLC, a privately held company, started by the original developers of RTLinux to work on realtime and embedded kernels. The technical leads for FSMLabs are Victor Yodaiken, Cort Dougan and Michael Barabanov. Version 3.0pre under the GPL is available for download from http://www.fsmlabs.com. Business inquiries should be directed to business@fsmlabs.com. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. RTLinux is a trademark of VJY Associates LLC and our non-exclusive use of "Linux" within RTLinux is by explicit permission of the Linux Mark Institute. All other trademarks are property of their holders.