RTEMS 4.6.0 On-Line Library

RTEMS Frequently Asked Questions

1.2: What is RTEMS?

RTEMS is a real-time executive which provides a high performance environment for embedded military applications including many features. The following is just a short list of the features available in RTEMS. If you are interested in something that is not on this list, please contact the RTEMS Team. Features are being added continuously.

• Standards Compliant
  • POSIX 1003.1b API including threads
  • RTEID/ORKID based Classic API
• TCP/IP Stack
  • high performance port of FreeBSD TCP/IP stack
  • UDP, TCP
  • ICMP, DHCP, RARP
  • TFTP
  • RPC
  • FTPD
  • HTTPD
  • CORBA
• Debugging
  • GNU debugger (gdb)
  • DDD GUI interface to GDB
  • thread aware
  • debug over Ethernet
  • debug over Serial Port
• Filesystem Support
  • In-Memory Filesystem (IMFS)
  • TFTP Client Filesystem
• Basic Kernel Features
  • multitasking capabilities
  • homogeneous and heterogeneous multiprocessor systems
  • event-driven, priority-based, preemptive scheduling
  • optional rate monotonic scheduling
  • intertask communication and synchronization
  • priority inheritance
  • responsive interrupt management
  • dynamic memory allocation
  • high level of user configurability

RTEMS Frequently Asked Questions

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