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From: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: Recommendations for information/articles on realtime scheduling
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Date: 2 May 89 21:57:47 GMT
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I am looking for a few good sources on realtime scheduling.  I am looking for
something that goes beyond obvious simplistic approaches (but not elegantly
simple approaches which are particularly prized).  An added bonus would be
information on mapping complex realtime problems into processes which may
be on dedicated hardware, or may share a faster processor with other processes,
with the scheduler then required to guarantee that certain processes get
enough CPU time soon enough.  Information on how to solve problems like this
and how the scheduler capabilities interact with the potential solution space
are of interest.

Is there any reference out there on realtime scheduling that people really
like?

The answer to any realtime problem is always "buy more hardware" - I am looking
for something which tries to answer the question: "What is the least 
expensive/complex/etc. SYSTEM (hardware and software) that I can buy to solve
a particular problem.

[This assumes that (the debatable point: please debate it separately :-)  )
"realtime" is a subject which has some generalizations to it, and is not
entirely a collection of special cases.]

  Hugh LaMaster, m/s 233-9,  UUCP ames!lamaster
  NASA Ames Research Center  ARPA lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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