Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-24 Thread Kai Vehmanen
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Lee Revell wrote: [realtime-lsm not going to be adopted to mainline kernel...] It's a tough call because although the LSM approach clearly is more immediately user friendly, the nice and RT prio limits are a better designed solution. If your distro sets everything up right (a

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-09 Thread Jan Depner
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 21:46, Shayne O'Connor wrote: Jean-Marc Valin wrote: If someone sets up this forum, and more than twice of us sign up, that should show those arrogant lklm-people that there are really _a lot_ of us, and that we are strong, and very angry. Hah! First, please

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-09 Thread Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Jean-Marc Valin wrote: If someone sets up this forum, and more than twice of us sign up, that should show those arrogant lklm-people that there are really _a lot_ of us, and that we are strong, and very angry. Hah! First, please stop this arrogant lkml-people

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-09 Thread Steve Fosdick
On 08/04/05 21:54:30, Jean-Marc Valin quoted a conversation with Con Kolivas: con aah record con that's not normal desktop usage con see what I'm getting at? con you're claiming it is required for ordinary audio playback con it is most definitely not required for ordinary audio playback OK,

[linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
Hi, After the debate regarding inclusion of realtime-lsm in the main tree, it seems like other approaches to unprivileged real-time have shown up. Both Con Kolivas and Ingo Molnar have come up with different (cleaner to the kernel developers) solutions. Both are described at:

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 05:12 -0400, Jean-Marc Valin wrote: Right now, Con's patch does 1 and 3, while Ingo's does 1 and 2 (though Con says Ingo's patch could also do 3). Ingo's patch allows 3 to be done in userspace, by an RT watchdog process that runs as root, and wakes occasionally to check

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 10:32, Lee Revell wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 05:12 -0400, Jean-Marc Valin wrote: Right now, Con's patch does 1 and 3, while Ingo's does 1 and 2 (though Con says Ingo's patch could also do 3). Ingo's patch allows 3 to be done in userspace, by an RT watchdog process

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 12:31, Jack O'Quin wrote: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hmmm, I'm getting really confused, I thought that the realtime lsm was the one that was in 'mm (maybe none of them are?). Finally I found the followup article on lwn that mentioned this:

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 14:31 -0500, Jack O'Quin wrote: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hmmm, I'm getting really confused, I thought that the realtime lsm was the one that was in 'mm (maybe none of them are?). Finally I found the followup article on lwn that mentioned this:

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 12:45 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 12:31, Jack O'Quin wrote: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hmmm, I'm getting really confused, I thought that the realtime lsm was the one that was in 'mm (maybe none of them are?).

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jack O'Quin
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 12:31, Jack O'Quin wrote: Instead, they propose an rlimits extension for granting per-user realtime scheduling privileges. This does (barely) meet our minimum needs. I have not followed the details, I presume this could

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
The kernel developers have decided not to merge the realtime-lsm, after all. Instead, they propose an rlimits extension for granting per-user realtime scheduling privileges. This does (barely) meet our minimum needs. It is inferior to the realtime-lsm solution for several reasons I feel

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 16:14 -0400, Jean-Marc Valin wrote: As far as I see it, we'll at least get listened to by Con, Ingo and Andrew Morton. I've had a long discussion with Con recently and from his point of view, the problem is that not enough people ask (loud enough) for such features. For

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
Hi, I think a part of the conversation I had with Con Kolivas may be of interest here: jmspeex I still don't understand why this [unprivileged real-time] hasn't gone in the kernel a long time ago. con demand con noone demands it con no distro needs it con no market for it con noone coded it con

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Iain Duncan
As far as I see it, we'll at least get listened to by Con, Ingo and Andrew Morton. I've had a long discussion with Con recently and from his point of view, the problem is that not enough people ask (loud enough) for such features. For instance, I'm still the first and only user of his real-time

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Iain Duncan
I'm serious, mailing lists are not enough. We need a permanent page with instructions on making the noise so that the people who are *not yet* fully jumping ship to linux can say to the developers, that is what will make me abandon OSX. Those people aren't on mailing lists yet but they still

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
This is a really good point. I mean, how many of the people on linux-*user* have written to the kernel people making noise? How many even know how to do that? I know I don't, and I know tons of musicians are just starting to take a serious look at linux in the last year, so the

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 17:18 -0400, Jean-Marc Valin wrote: It's not just for musicians/technicians and right now there are lots of limitations that are caused by the poor unprivileged latency. Any other example? CD burning has an obvious real time constraint. cdrecord actually prints a warning

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
If someone sets up this forum, and more than twice of us sign up, that should show those arrogant lklm-people that there are really _a lot_ of us, and that we are strong, and very angry. Hah! First, please stop this arrogant lkml-people attitude, it won't help. Second, I would think that

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Shayne O'Connor
Jean-Marc Valin wrote: This is a really good point. I mean, how many of the people on linux-*user* have written to the kernel people making noise? How many even know how to do that? I know I don't, and I know tons of musicians are just starting to take a serious look at linux in the last year,

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Iain Duncan
Why do you want letters from project maintainers only? Don't you want user letters as well? Iain Jean-Marc Valin wrote: If someone sets up this forum, and more than twice of us sign up, that should show those arrogant lklm-people that there are really _a lot_ of us, and that we are strong, and

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Shayne O'Connor
Jean-Marc Valin wrote: If someone sets up this forum, and more than twice of us sign up, that should show those arrogant lklm-people that there are really _a lot_ of us, and that we are strong, and very angry. Hah! First, please stop this arrogant lkml-people attitude, it won't help.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jack O'Quin
Jean-Marc Valin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First, please stop this arrogant lkml-people attitude, it won't help. Second, I would think that instead of a petition with just lots of names on it, I would prefer a letter signed by the maintainers of as many Linux projects as possible, i.e. not

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
i would have though a petition from *users* who have gone through the hell of trying to set up their linux system for audio would be a *lot* better than, from what i can tell, is an already exhausted path ... i'm sure the maintainers/developers of linux audio projects could give a lot more

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Jean-Marc Valin
If being an audio developer carried any weight with these people, you'd think they would listen to Paul Davis or Lee Revell or me. They don't. Then, they might listen to Paul Davis, Lee Revell, you, me, authors of Vorbis, Theora, GnomeMeeting, and so on at the same time. Con Kolivas is one

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Other real-time options

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 23:23 -0400, Jean-Marc Valin wrote: If being an audio developer carried any weight with these people, you'd think they would listen to Paul Davis or Lee Revell or me. They don't. Then, they might listen to Paul Davis, Lee Revell, you, me, authors of Vorbis, Theora,