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

[Geoff Levand]

Markus Weiss wrote:
> Geoff Levand schrieb:
>> 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.
> 
> So there is no timer register with interrupt available or
> if so an interrupt service routine might be preempted by the
> hypervisor at any time. Well, then yes it's not even possible.

Yes, the processor is visualized by the hypervisor, and so there
is no guarantee of timings, latencies, etc. at the OS level.

-Geoff