From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:06:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:05:55 -0500 Received: from [194.213.32.137] ([194.213.32.137]:1796 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:05:52 -0500 Message-ID: <20010126101422.A124@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:14:22 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Jay Ts Cc: Andrew Morton , lkml , lad , xpert@xfree86.org, "mcrichto@mpp.ecs.umass.edu" Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] low-latency scheduling patch for 2.4.0 In-Reply-To: <3A5D994A.1568A4D5@uow.edu.au> <200101130245.TAA02910@toltec.metran.cx> <20010120171045.B15918@hq.fsmlabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <20010120171045.B15918@hq.fsmlabs.com>; from yodaiken@fsmlabs.com on Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 05:10:45PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > And making the kernel preemptive might be the best way to do that > > (and I'm saying "might"...). > > Keep in mind that Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie did not decide on a > non-preemptive strategy for UNIX because they were unaware of such > methods or because they were stupid. And when Rob Pike redesigned a new > "unix" Plan9 note there is no-preemptive kernel, and the core Linux > designers have rejected preemptive kernels too. Now it is certainly possible > that things have change and/or all these folks are just plain wrong. But > I wouldn't bet too much on it. Wrong. It was linus who suggested how to do preemptive kernel nicely. I guess he counts as core Linux designer ;-). Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/