From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267901AbUHKDGl (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:06:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267899AbUHKDGl (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:06:41 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:28320 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267901AbUHKDGi (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:06:38 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Lee Revell To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: References: <1092082920.5761.266.camel@cube> <1092099669.5759.283.camel@cube> <1092148392.5818.6.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Message-Id: <1092193620.784.29.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:07:01 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 20:23, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Lee Revell writes: > > > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 04:16, Måns Rullgård wrote: > >> Another option would be an Alt-Sysrq-something that lowered all RT > >> processes to normal levels. > > > > > > If someone wants to code this up I and the other people on jackit-devel > > would gladly test it. > > Here you go. Some limited testing suggests that it actually works. > Pressing Alt-Sysrq-N (as in Nice) changes all RT tasks to SCHED_NORMAL > policy. > I sent this patch to the jackit-devel list, and everyone seems to think this would be a useful feature; had this been around a few years ago it certainly would have aided JACK's development. Debugging an RT process becomes as easy as a regular one (read: reboot free). I see no reason not to merge it once it has been widely tested. Lee