Jeremy Jongepier wrote: > On 11/25/2012 01:23 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >> Using the RTC or HPET devices directly is necessary only if >> the kernel does not use them for timers. Nowadays, kernels do, and >> applications use the proper timer APIs. > > What are those timer API's? POSIX timers, interval timers, nanosleep(), usleep(), poll() timeout. >> You'd need this only if you're using some audio application that hasn't >> been updated for many years. > > So this section has become deprecated? > http://wiki.linuxmusicians.com/doku.php?id=system_configuration#hardware_timers Only if all applications actually have been updated. Wasn't there some sequencer (Rosegarden? Muse?) that still uses RTC? > And how does the snd-hrtimer module relate to this matter? It's for some timers used internally by ALSA, and loaded automatically. Regards, Clemens _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
