[Cbe-oss-dev] Real-Time Kernel for the Cell

[Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin]

Geoff Levand a écrit :
> Markus Weiss wrote:
>> Geoff Levand schrieb:
>>> Also, a cell platform suitable to run a real time OS is quite expensive if
>>> you need to buy one.  If you just want to run a 'light weight' non real time
>>> OS then you could use a PS3.
>> Why exactly is a PS3 not suitable to run a real time OS and
>> another more expensive system is?
> 
> The PS3 has a non real-time hypervisor, and so it wouldn't
> make much sense to try to have a real-time OS running on it.
> There are other systems on the market that allow direct hardware
> access, and so would be suitable to run a real-time OS, but
> those systems are not in the same price range as the PS3.
> 

If I understand well this is due to the Sony software on the PS3 that 
does not allow real-time?
Then it should be possible to run a real-time kernel to run some test 
however performances test would not be significant, right?

Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin
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