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Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote: >> >SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR are definitely privileged operations and you> > this is the crux of what this whole debate is about. for all of you > people who think about linux on multi-user systems with network > connectivity, running servers and so forth, this is clearly a given. > > but there is large and growing body of machines that run linux where > the sole human user of the machine has a strong and overwhelming > desire to have tasks run with the characteristics offered by > SCHED_FIFO and/or SCHED_RR. are they still "privileged" operations on > this class of linux system? what about linux installed on an embedded > system, with a small LCD screen and the sole purpose of running audio > apps live? are they still privileged then? > Paul. Everyone agrees with you. I think. We just need to work out the best way of doing it. Would I be right in suspecting that we know what to do, but nobody has stepped up to write the code? It's kinda looking like that? - 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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