<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>RTLinux HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE> <LINK HREF="RTLinux-HOWTO-2.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="RTLinux-HOWTO.html#toc1" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="RTLinux-HOWTO-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="RTLinux-HOWTO.html#toc1">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2> <H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Purpose</A> </H2> <P>This document aims at getting the novice user up and running with RTLinux in as painless a manner as possible. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Who should read this HOWTO</A> </H2> <P>This document is meant for all those who wish to know the working of a realtime kernel. For those of you already familiar with module programming, the document wouldn't appear as a difficult one. And for others, you needn't worry; since only the basic concepts of module programming are required, which we would indeed discuss, as and when required. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Acknowledgement</A> </H2> <P>First of all I would like to thank my advisor, Pramode C. E, for his encouragement and help. Also I express my sincere appreciation to Victor Yodaiken. This document would not have been possible without all the information gathered from different papers contributed by Victor Yodaiken. I am also grateful to Michael Barabanov for his thesis on "A Linux-base Real-Time Operating System". <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Feedback</A> </H2> <P>Any doubt or comment about this document, is always welcome. Please feel free to email <A HREF="mailto:dinildivakaran@rediffmail.com">me</A>. If there is any mistake in this document, please let me know so that I can correct it in the next revision. Thanks. <H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Distribution Policy</A> </H2> <P>Copyright (C)2002 Dinil Divakaran. <P>This document is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. <P>This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. <P> <HR> <A HREF="RTLinux-HOWTO-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="RTLinux-HOWTO.html#toc1">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
