Evaluation of interrupt handling timeliness in real-time Linux operating systems

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 52-63

  Regnier, Paul ^a   Lima, George ^a   Barreto, Luciano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interrupt handling; Linux; Operating system; Real time

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC GUARANTEE; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; INTERRUPT HANDLING; LINUX- OPERATING SYSTEM; REAL TIME; REAL-TIME LINUX; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 77952263574     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1453775.1453787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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