device driver development on real time systems

[gregory.menke at gsfc.nasa.gov]

Seamus Hegarty writes:
 > Hi All,
 > 
 > I presume a device driver which is being developed
 > for a real-time system,
 > must obey a series of real-time based rules and
 > policies,
 > which are not so important on non-real-time systems.
 > 
 > is there any documentation which lists these
 > policies
 > and rules which must be satisfied by a device
 > driver,
 > so that its operation fall into a deterministic
 > model,
 > hence real-time compatible?
 > 

I don't know of a document, but I attempt to be aware of these
suggestions;

- make it fast
- don't screw it up

;)

Gregm