Re: [linux-audio-dev] [Fwd: [patch]2.4.0-test6 "spinlock" preemption patch]

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [Fwd: [patch]2.4.0-test6 "spinlock" preemption patch]
From: Aki M Laukkanen (amlaukka_AT_cc.helsinki.fi)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 16:26:24 EEST


On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> i agree with this entirely. when i started ardour, i was interested in
> the possibility of something like streamfs. however, having
> demonstrated that everything i wanted can be done with ext2fs, i am
> more concerned to keep things simple for the user (and
> developer!). that means using standard filesystems wherever possible,
> unless a special one provides an order of magnitude improvement or so.

Yep, unfortunately I kinda expected that the improvement does not warrant a
separate filesystem which has its own restrictions (e.g. normals users might
have trouble understanding that each regular file takes as much as space
than allocated for entire track).

Streamfs has certainly been a good learning experience so I think it has
already served its purpose for me. Of course I would've liked it be useful
in real life. For now I think I'm going to wrap things up and reconsider
further effort if I get real user feedback.

-- 
D.


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