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- From: "elliott chapin" <elliott.chapin@canrem.com>
- Subject: real_time systems
- Message-ID: <199216.4481.2332@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "elliott chapin" <elliott.chapin@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 16 Dec 92 13:33:23 EST
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- ZS>Is it true to say that, preemption is an essential characteristic of
- ZS>a real_time system? if not how can we make sure that all tasks will
- ZS>meet their deadlines?
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- If a cooperative roundrobin won't fill the bill, a watchdog timer can be
- added. See an article by Jack Woehr in DrDobbs maybe a year ago.
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- Elliott Chapin
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