Preemptable kernel patch makes it into Linux kernel v2.5.4-pre6, Feb 10, 2002

The preemptible Linux kernel patch that was originally introduced by MontaVista Software and more recently championed by Robert Love has been merged by Linus Torvalds into the main linux development-kernel tree, beginning version v2.5.4-pre6. This adds a far greater degree of real-time responsiveness to the standard Linux kernel, by reducing interrupt latencies while kernel functions are executing.

Gates and the other officials will make the case before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that the judge should not impose any sanctions beyond those that the company agreed to in November in a settlement deal with the Justice Department and nine of the state attorneys general in the case.

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