How to build your own Linux real-time kernel

Introduction

In this document, several guides are listed for users who want to build their own real-time kernel. That is, users who want to build a specific kernel version, a specific architecture or use a customized kernel configuration.

External guides

• How to setup Linux with PREEMPT_RT properly

  • Description: Official instructions from the Linux Foundation

  • https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/realtime/documentation/howto/applications/preemptrt_setup

• Building real-time Linux for ROS 2

  • Description: Community contributed step-by-step guide explaining how to build, configure and deploy a kernel with a RT_PREEMPT patch

  • https://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/Tutorials/Building-Realtime-rt_preempt-kernel-for-ROS-2.html