= What is RTEMS =


RTEMS is a real-time executive which provides a high performance
environment for embedded military applications including many features.
The following is just a short list of the features available in RTEMS. If 
you are interested in something that is not on this list, please contact
the RTEMS Team. Features are being added continuously.

 * Standards Compliant
  *  POSIX 1003.1b API including threads
  *  RTEID/ORKID based Classic API

 * TCP/IP Stack
  *  high performance port of FreeBSD TCP/IP stack
  *  UDP, TCP
  *  ICMP, DHCP, RARP
  *  TFTP
  *  RPC
  *  FTPD
  *  HTTPD
  *  CORBA
  *  SNMP

 * Debugging
  *  GNU debugger (gdb)
  *  DDD GUI interface to GDB
  *  thread aware
  *  debug over Ethernet
  *  debug over Serial Port

 * Filesystem Support
  *  In-Memory Filesystem (IMFS)
  *  TFTP Client Filesystem
  *  FTP Client Filesystem
  *  FAT Filesystem (IDE and [wiki:CompactFlash CompactFlash])

 * Basic Kernel Features
  *  multitasking capabilities
  *  homogeneous and heterogeneous multiprocessor systems
  *  event-driven, priority-based, preemptive scheduling
  *  optional rate monotonic scheduling
  *  intertask communication and synchronization
  *  priority inheritance
  *  responsive interrupt management
  *  dynamic memory allocation
  *  high level of user configurability

 * Scripting
  *  [wiki:Packages/Python Python] scripting language.