[LITMUS^RT] LITMUS^RT 2012.2

[Björn Brandenburg]

Hi everyone,

it is my pleasure to announced the release of LITMUS^RT 2012.2. As always, the new release is available at www.litmus-rt.org and tagged as '2012.2' in the repository.

The following major changes have been integrated since version 2012.1.

	• Added P-FP (partitioned fixed-priority) plugin with support for the PCP, DPCP, and MPCP.
	• Added support for arbitrary deadlines.
	• Integration of LITMUS^RT sched_trace_XXX events with Linux tracepoint infrastructure (i.e., kernelshark support).
	• Improved Feather-Trace triggers (reduced register pressure)
	• Avoidance of "minor" page faults in control page
	• Fixed kernel crash related to precise budget enforcement
	• Improved liblitmus test suite

Thanks to everyone who contributed patches and helped with testing!

Thanks,
Björn