Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Low Latency Kernel Combos
From: Juhana Sadeharju (kouhia_AT_nic.funet.fi)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 17:08:01 EEST
>From: Benno Senoner <sbenno_AT_gardena.net>
>On Fri, 01 Jun 2001, Josh Green wrote:
>
>> is how non SCHED_FIFO programs are affected by all this low latency
>> work. Do any programs that want to take advantage of low latency have to
>> be run as root to modify scheduling etc.
>
>Yes in order to set SCHED_FIFO you do need root privileges, but perhaps
>future kernels (the famous capabilities concept) will allow some users/apps
>to set this without the need of being root.
And don't forget that people are developing an audio engine which handles
the low latency audio without the application running with root privileges.
In any case, it would be a bad idea if every application would run their
own audio engine.
Juhana
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