Aha, thanks Lee and Paul, that explains that!
Iain.
Lee Revell wrote:
On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 12:12 -0700, Iain Duncan wrote:
In realtime critical applications people prefer RTLinux or the RTAI extension
to the kernel for periods and scheduling latencies in the low microseconds
range (<30 microseconds worst case scheduling latency on recent x86
hardware).
I've often wondered about that. Why are those sorts of kernels
inappropriate for audio? ( Just out of curiousity. )
Too heavy. Those systems are designed for things like machine control
where the machine gets damaged if you miss a deadline. A few hundred
microseconds is good enough for audio, and it only has to be at least as
reliable as the rest of your gear.
Lee
