Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jul 1997 09:46:57 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | RE: [patch] QNX-style scheduling for Linux 2.0 |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Adam McKee wrote:
> Hi there. > > It does not do real-time in any way. It only implements the QNX scheduler > as described by a couple of different sources. I should probably make it > clear in the README that the patch does *not* do real-time, since the > "QNX" name might imply that it does real-time. > > This is where I initially got my information about the QNX scheduler: > > http://osiris.cpc.wmin.ac.uk/~drotos/qnx/microkernel/schedul.html
Adam,
Just a suggestion, but the name "QNX" is almost certainly a registered trademark, and I suspect that the scheduling algorithm may be protected by patent. You might be wise to tread carefully when claiming that your kernel patches implement QNX-anything.
Steve
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