Intel Purchases Linutronix To Revive It’s Real Time Linux Kernel

Builders Of The PREEMPT_RT Patch Set To Revive An Previous Intel Venture

It’s possible you’ll not have recognized that Intel has been engaged on creating an actual time Linux Kernel, however apparently they’ve been for greater than 10 years.  They have brought new life to the project by purchasing Linutronix, an skilled in actual time Linux functions, for an undisclosed sum of money.  Amongst different tasks, Linutronix was the architect of PREEMPT_R, a patch set now maintained by a bunch of programmers who work to make Linux kernel as preemptible as doable on all kinds of processors.

Over time the upkeep and growth of PREEMPT_R has languished as individuals moved on to different tasks, however will now have the backing of Intel.  Additionally they get one other profit, within the type of Linutronix’s CTO Thomas Gleixner who has been a serious driver in creating safety mitigations for the Linux kernel’s x86 codebase.

Intel and the open supply neighborhood as soon as appeared to utterly separated, however that’s clearly not true anymore.  With even Microsoft providing Linux based mostly Azure cases, the open supply neighborhood has develop into increasingly more built-in with the big firms they supplied a substitute for.  Let’s hope no less than a few of their altruism is retained as they’re absorbed into numerous companies.