Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Sep 1999 19:54:40 +0200 | From | Thomas Sailer <> | Subject | Re: es1371 midi_read patch |
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Andy Sloane wrote: > > When doing a read() call on /dev/midi using the es1371 driver, the driver > waits for the entire buffer you specify to be filled. Well, this basically > defeats the purpose of realtime midi input unless you poll it with a > one-byte buffer. > > Attached is a quick fix. I haven't even looked at the 1370 driver, but a > similar patch might apply there.
The driver already implements the O_NONBLOCK flag, therefore your patch is useless and changes the behaviour of the driver in a nonstandard way.
Tom
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