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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: Patch - sharing RTC timer between kernel and user space
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:44:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020228094453.GA774@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0202242103490.535-100000@pnote.perex-int.cz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0202242103490.535-100000@pnote.perex-int.cz>

Hi!

> 	it would be really nice to include this patch to allow using of
> RTC timer inside the kernel space. We can use the RTC timer as timing
> source for ALSA sequencer.

I wonder... how does alsa work on sparc/alpha/.... then? Not everyone
has RTC, right? Why don't you use regular kernel timers, instead?
									Pavel
-- 
(about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly.  However, I really think that the U.S.
no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-28  9:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-24 20:10 Patch - sharing RTC timer between kernel and user space Jaroslav Kysela
2002-02-28  9:44 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2002-02-28 11:24   ` Jaroslav Kysela
2002-02-28 14:43     ` Roman Zippel
2002-02-28 20:56       ` Jaroslav Kysela
2002-02-28 22:42         ` Roman Zippel

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