Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 includes the latest enterprise-hardened open source technologies that reduce system latency or delay and improve predictability, such as open source CPU shielding, priority inheritance, sleeping spinlocks, interrupt threads, high-resolution timers and the latest OpenFabrics enterprise distribution for commodity high-speed interconnects, OFED 1.2.5.
Customers of Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time also have the option to replace the standard open source real-time kernel with an enhanced real-time kernel from Concurrent. The enhanced real-time kernel includes Concurrent’s real-time processor timer shielding and other deterministic upgrades, including kernel tracing for use with the NightStar tools.
The enhanced Concurrent real-time kernel for Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 allows individual CPUs to be shielded from interrupt processing, timers and other Linux tasks. Concurrent’s processor shielding provides a highly deterministic execution environment where interrupt response is guaranteed to be less than 30 microsecond on a dedicated processor.
Gary Trimm, president and CEO of Concurrent, said: Through our relationship with Novell, we are pleased to provide our real-time computing technologies and expertise to offer enhanced real-time capabilities for financial trading and other time-critical applications for customers of Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time.
