Students who can benefit from this course are experienced C programmers with a working knowledge of real-time systems and concepts who are tasked with real-time programming for the Solaris OS.

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of C programming and experience with real-time programming.:

• Understand the basics of the real-time environment, including terminology and development tools
• Be able to schedule in real-time systems, including SRV4 and the Solaris OE
• Understand processor controls, including application programming interfaces (APIs) and processor sets
• Understand timers, including Posix timers, clocks, and memory locking
• Understand Posix 1.b, including Solaris real-time and thread extensions
• Understand common techniques to optimize the Solaris real-time environment

Module 1 - Introduction to Real-Time Systems

• Philosophy
• Development tools
• Posix 1.b - Functional description
• Multi-threading
• Terminology
• Primary inheritance

Module 2 - Scheduling

• SRV4 Scheduling
• Solaris scheduling
• Real-time scheduling class
• Interrupts
• Dispatch tables
• Scheduling APIs

Module 3 - Processor Control

• Processor states
• Processor control API
• Processor sets
• Processor set API
• Processor set example
• Processor control

Module 4 - Timers

• Posix timers
• Timer_settime
• Clocks
• Memory locking API

Module 5 - Posix 1.b

• Posix real-time extensions
• Posix real-time extensions in Solaris
• Posix thread extensions

Module 6 - Hints and Tips

• File systems
• Networks
• I/O
• Trace Points
• Configuring