Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:24:26 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.74-mm1 |
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Daniel Phillips wrote: > > (I think the user/PAM idea came up for the same sort of reason that > > only console users are able to open /dev/cdrom: asking for extra > > resource (in this case low latency is a resource) might be something > > you'd restrict to console users. > > I frequently run Zinf over ssh, to a machine that's connected to speakers.
I do similar things. I also read /dev/cdrom over ssh, which is not permitted by the default security policy. I.e. it's a userspace policy issue.
> We've got something better than we've had before, even though it doesn't go as > far as making true realtime processing available to normal users.
Indeed. But maybe true (bounded CPU) realtime, reliable, would more accurately reflect what the user actually wants for some apps?
Just a thought, -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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