Re: constant data rate streaming

[Andrew Apted]

James Simmons writes:

>  > There are easier ways to block a process than to modify the scheduler
>  > itself.  Check out the vt_waitactive code in drivers/char/vt.c and see
>  > if that is ameniable to your problem.
>  
>  This blocks the current process. What I need to do is block all the
>  process that could be using a particular video card. 
 
Well I think there are ways to put arbitrary processes to sleep
waiting for a semaphore or whatever.  Point is: modifying the
scheduler WONT go down well with the top linux dudes, I suspect
they'll reject that very very hard (and rightly so IMHO).

Cheers,
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