2010/6/28 David Dillow <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Perhaps documentation that recommends setting avail_min to 1 when using > read/write to avoid this issue would be helpful, in lieu of changing the > ALSA code or giving concrete guarantees. > > Dave > > Refer to http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/69333/match=avail_min avail_min cannot be less than period size , however set_avail_min() did not return any error when the value is less than period size and this mislead the programmers to believe that they can set avail_min to 1 if you want low latency, you need to use small period size _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel