Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:54:47 -0800 (PST) | | From | Nigel Gamble <> | | Subject | Re: [linux-audio-dev] low-latency scheduling patch for 2.4.0 |
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On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote: > Let me just point out that Nigel (I think) has previously stated that > the purpose of this approach is to bring the stunning success of > IRIX style "RT" to Linux. Since some of us believe that IRIX is a virtual > handbook of OS errors, it really comes down to a design style. I think > that simplicity and "does the main job well" wins every time over > "really cool algorithms" and "does everything badly". Others > disagree.
Let me just point out that Victor has his own commercial axe to grind in his continual bad-mouthing of IRIX, the internals of which he knows nothing about.
Nigel Gamble nigel@nrg.org Mountain View, CA, USA. http://www.nrg.org/
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