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DateWed, 25 May 2005 17:25:38 -0400
FromTom Vier <>
SubjectRe: RT patch acceptance
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:05:05PM +0200, Esben Nielsen wrote:
> Long interrupt handlers can be interrupt by _tasks_, not only other
> interrupts! An audio application running in userspace can be scheduled
> over an ethernet interrupt handler copying data from the
> controller into RAM (without DMA).

Doesn't that greatly increase the risk of the hardware overrunning it's
buffer?

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Tom Vier <tmv@comcast.net>
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