Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

Jack O'Quin
2005-01-11T20:00:55Z

Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:30:50AM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote:
>> "Near-RT" is about the most useless concept I've heard of in a long
>> time. It sounds like the answer to a question nobody asked. ;-)
>
> To my way of thinking, it's a pretty good description of Ingo's work
> or anything you're ever going to see on a PC. If you think you're
> going to get real hard RT performance on your off-the-shelf x86 box
> running a conventional OS, you are fooling yourself.
>
> Thankfully a buffer underrun is no more fatal for pro audio than a
> broken guitar string. CDs skip, DATs glitch, XLR cables flake out,
> circuit breakers trip, amps clip, Powerbooks crash, and the show goes
> on. I've done more than enough stage tech to know it's a huge pain in
> the ass, but let's stop pretending we require absolute perfection,
> please.

In _practice_, Ingo's patches are considerably better than what you
seem to consider "good enough for mere audio work".
--
joq