From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: kernel threads etc Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:36:02 -0500 Message-ID: <1141767363.767.76.camel@mindpipe> References: <1141684061.9230.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1141686718.25487.76.camel@mindpipe> <1141687750.9230.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1141688891.25487.91.camel@mindpipe> <1141690313.9230.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1141690930.25487.104.camel@mindpipe> <1141766382.9232.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1141766941.767.73.camel@mindpipe> <1141767139.9232.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net (viper.oldcity.dca.net [216.158.38.4]) by alsa.jcu.cz (ALSA's E-mail Delivery System) with SMTP id C5B18196 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:36:05 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <1141767139.9232.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Adrian McMenamin Cc: linux-sh , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 21:32 +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote: > Because you or someone else in an earlier conversation suggested most > people partitioned their buffer in this way. makes no odds :) > That's just because it's simpler to explain how ALSA drivers work if you assume two periods per buffer, and because most hardware supports it and it gives the lowest latency. But if your hardware doesn't support two periods per buffer then you can't do it. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642