Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] It's time to vote (n. 1)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Fri May 25 2001 - 13:30:45 EEST
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:15:05AM +0100, Iain Sandoe wrote:
> The drivers & network stack are perfectly at liberty to drop packet
> fragments that have been successfully received - for example, if there are
> no mbufs available. I have seen network stacks (not looked at the linux
> ones, I admit) that regularly do this.
>
> If you want to network low-latency audio I think you must find a network
> solution with a reliable physical layer.
Hear, hear. Ethernet just isn't designed to send low latency streams.
- Steve
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