Rtos and Normal OS Difference..

[aandy]

What are the Difference between
RTOS (Vxworks,Rt-Linux) and Normal OS( like NT, XP etc)

 

[sgokhan]

You can check the two books for explanations

Microc Os Ii-The Real Time Kernel
Real-Time Concepts For Embedded Systems

 

[aandy]

Microc Os Ii-The Real Time Kernel
Real-Time Concepts For Embedded Systems

Would appreciate an url for the above.

 

[sgokhan]

Should be served on book upload or link sections..

 

[kavgoxin]

I hope this may help u.

h**p://www.programmersheaven.com/c/MsgBoard/read.asp?Board=44&MsgID=301587&Setting=A9999F0002

h**p://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_RTOS_and_OS

h**p://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9702.2/0101.html

 

[dharmeshpitroda]

In short..
RTOS has Diferent sheduler and is low weight than normal OS.... also it design consideration is Give response in timely maner while for general OS is Maximize throuput....

 

[ebook123456789]

in addition to that, rtos mem management is different from regular os due to tight resource. rtos has more debug and error handler for easy debug etc etc.

 

[Hero]

Normal OS is not suitable for quick and time critical responses. For example some urgent action as emergency menagement routine needs predictable time response.

 

[Beeblebrox]

Simply a RTOS works in a real-time, normal OS doesn't guarantee to respond in real-time

 

[taka_taka]

Mostly RTOS works on small embedded but normal OS works on PC and that kind of things.

 

[cameo_2007]

In RTOS,the response time of the peripherals is presictable,wheras in the OS,its not