Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable | Date | Thu, 10 Jan 2002 02:25:12 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Do you want an operating system capable of running real-world code written by > people who know more about their specific problem domain (audio) than about > optimal coding in general, or do you want an operating system intended to > only run well-behaved applications designed and implemented by experts?
I want an OS were a reasonably cluefully written audio program works. That to me means aiming at the 1mS latency mark. Which doesn't seem to be needing pre-empt. Beyond a typical 1mS latency you have hardware fun to worry about, and the BIOS SMM code eating you. - 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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