Subject: [linux-audio-dev] IDEvil?
From: est_AT_hyperreal.org
Date: to elo 12 1999 - 15:52:07 EDT
Eli Brandt discourseth:
> rob wrote:
> > the reason linux has crappy timing is because the kernel is
> > non-reenterant and can hold onto the processor for relatively long periods
> > of times servicing disk access, etc (iirc).
>
> Yeah, the IDE drivers are reported to be tools of the devil in this
> respect.
I used to think so, but lots of recent testing has convinced me that
this needn't be the case as long as DMA is supported for both your
drive and IDE chipset.
Eric
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