On 27/11/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, this 'priority' is the Linux kernel's priority. The 'priority' I > was speaking of was the actual hardware priority. They are different > things. Right, this was where I was getting confused! Thanks for clarifying that! > both are necessary to gain the > most control over the hardware. With a PIC system set up things with a > sound card on IRQ9 or IRQ10. Then set the -rt priority to a value of > 80. With an APIC system I believe all you have to do is set the -rt > priority and not worry so much about the hardware setting. That makes sense, now. Thanks a lot.. :) - Pete.