--- On Thu, 4/7/11, Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PD] Making a Realtime Convolution External > To: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 5:15 PM > On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, IOhannes m > zmoelnig wrote: > > > using "threats" does not mean that things have to get > non-deterministic, > > and indeed a lot of software uses threads and stays > completely > > deterministic. > > Suppose that you launch a second fred on another cpu. How > do you synchronise the main fred and the second fred > together so that the main fred doesn't have to wait ? > Sounds to me like a big issue with multi-fredded > applications. You can't guarantee that the second cpu will > run the fred when the first fred will want to, because > fredding is dependent on the cpu's availability and the OS's > scheduler's decisions. I think Tim Blechmann addresses this with Supernova: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2010/recordings/day4_1215_Supernova.ogv (start maybe 5 min. in...) -Jonathan > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > | Mathieu Bouchard ---- tél: +1.514.383.3801 ---- > Villeray, Montréal, QC > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
