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Re: [ts-7000] Avoiding task preemption by Linux kernel

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Avoiding task preemption by Linux kernel
From: "J. Langley" <>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:51:36 -0500

Clark Dunson <> wrote:

>I am also interested, thanks.
>Does anybody know whether compiling the main interrupt to use a  
>slower speed,
>and/or using nice or renice to set the scheduling priority like -19,  
>or -20 will make
>much of a difference?
>
>On Aug 12, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Walter Marvin wrote:
>
>>
>> you can't avoid technologic has a user space semaphore that they  
>> test and force a tack switch if required the only way to avoid it  
>> is to down all technologic servers
>>
>> From: tourindorian <>
>> To: 
>> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:04 AM
>> Subject: [ts-7000] Avoiding task preemption by Linux kernel
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm developing an application (C code) on the TS7550 board, using  
>> Linux 2.6. I got an issue trying to use continuously the SPI bus  
>> for 20ms.
>> Every 10ms, the communication is interrupted during about 0.5ms. I  
>> guess the Kernel scheduler interrupts the process.
>>
>> Do you have any idea to fix it? Could I change the tick rate of the  
>> scheduler so that it is about 50 or 100ms instead of 10ms? Could I  
>> prevent the Kernel from preempting the task during that critical  
>> section?
>>
>> Any idea would be useful :-)
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Dorian.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>


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