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DateSun, 28 Aug 2005 10:26:41 -0600
FromRobert Hancock <>
SubjectRe: [patch] IBM HDAPS accelerometer driver.
Oliver Neukum wrote:
> If you need that, it belongs into the kernel.

Why? By that logic, any realtime app would have to be built into the 
kernel. There is no need to put this kind of functionality into the 
kernel itself. mlockall() and SCHED_FIFO scheduling priority should 
ensure that the daemon should be able to run whenever it needs to.

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