Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: rtcd vs hz > 100!

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: rtcd vs hz > 100!
From: Jaroslav Kysela (perex_AT_suse.cz)
Date: la loka   30 1999 - 11:54:50 EDT

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 est_AT_hyperreal.org wrote:

> Steve Ratcliffe discourseth:
> >
> > For those using ALSA, you can already do this without a user daemon.
> > The timer interface allows more than one process to access the same timer,
> > there is a user interface via open/read of /dev/snd/timer and a kernel
> > interface so that the sequencer can be driven from a better clock than
> > the 10ms system timer. I have a demo timer module that uses the RTC as
> > a loadable ALSA timer.
>
> This sounds better than the rtcd concept. I'm curious what others
> think..and happy I posted a design before coding. :)

It looks that we need an universal timer interface not only for the sound
applications. What about to move the timer abstract code from the ALSA
driver into separate kernel module?

                                                Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex_AT_suse.cz>
SuSE Linux http://www.suse.com
ALSA project http://www.alsa-project.org

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