20 Years in the making: Real-Time Linux finally makes it to the kernel

20 Years in the making: Real-Time Linux finally makes it to the kernel

The work done on real-time Linux has benefitted the OS almost since the start, but it was only the other day that Torvalds finally admitted its last piece into the mainline kernel.

20 Years Later, Real-Time Linux Makes It To the Kernel

ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: After 20 years, Real-Time Linux (PREEMPT_RT) is finally -- finally -- in the mainline kernel. Linus Torvalds blessed the code while he was at Open Source Summit Europe. [...] The real-time Linux code is now baked into all Linux distros as of the forthcoming Linux 6.12 kernel. This means Linux will soon start appearing in more mission-critical devices and industrial hardware. But it took its sweet time gett…