Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] another kernel patch?
From: Paul Davis (paul_AT_linuxaudiosystems.com)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 05:52:00 EET
>Roger Larsson <roger.larsson_AT_norran.net> writes:
>
>> But it is still a way to see that no client burns cycles where it should not
> -
>> jackd would not start (or stop). And you _can_ get fewer context switches,
>> but only if some client burns extra cycles.
>>
>> Compare:
>>
>> With jackd as highest priority:
>> Context switches: A->jd->A->B->jd
>>
>> With jackd as lowest priority:
>> Context switches: A->jd->B->jd
>
>The actual JACK process cycle works like this:
> jd->A->B->jd
and to be even clearer: the situation roger described where client A
is running and then we switch to jackd before running A again is
called "an xrun" :)
--p
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