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J. Odagiri, N. Yamamoto and T. Katoh
The EPICS Input / Output Controller (IOC) core-program, iocCore [1], is now portable to multi-platforms. The Linux operating system, among them, seems to be a promising candidate for a platform to run iocCore, considering the recent high appreciation in desktop and server use as well as control fields. The Linux kernel, however, is not suitable for time-critical applications since it responds to external events with unpredictable latency. We summarize known causes of the latency, and then discuss some of the different solutions for the problem in view of availability to iocCore. As a possible alternative, we propose an approach that dispatches user level processes by a real-time kernel aiming at consistency of availability with predictable responsiveness.
[1] http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/
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