RTEMS 4.8.0 On-Line Library

Overview Introduction

RTEMS C User's Guide

1.1: Introduction

RTEMS, Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems, is a real-time executive (kernel) which provides a high performance environment for embedded military applications including the following 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

This manual describes the usage of RTEMS for applications written in the C programming language. Those implementation details that are processor dependent are provided in the Applications Supplement documents. A supplement document which addresses specific architectural issues that affect RTEMS is provided for each processor type that is supported.

RTEMS C User's Guide