Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: on kernel and low-latency

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:36:21 +0100
"emanuele ..:: www.rumoridifondo.com ::.." <emanuele@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> thanks to lee, lars & flo.
>
> what are exatcly the role of realtime, commoncap (which is used by
> realtime, i saw with lsmod) and capability?
>

Hi, i'm only really sure about the realtime module. It provides a way
for non root users to make threads run SCHED_FIFO and to use the mlock
and mlockall commands. Both of which is necessary to get good realtime
performance.

See this page for some more info:

http://tapas.affenbande.org/?page_id=21

On linux midi/audio setup see this page:

http://tapas.affenbande.org/?page_id=40

Have fun,
Flo

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