On 2/8/2016 3:28 PM, David Aldrich wrote: > Well, I was not aware of this until reading your email and I read > ' HOWTO: Build an RT-application' on rt.wiki.kernel.org. > The HowTo suggests ways of reducing the impact of SMI interrupts. > Is this possible? I don't know - we are using industrial PCs so I don't really have an experience with how big this problem is in reality on common desktops. It also depends on what your deadlines are and how hard they are (i.e. what happens if they are not met once in say 1000 calls). > Do you build your kernel yourselves? Yes, including some home-brew drivers and patches (none of them specifically in the rt area) and stripped of features and drivers not needed for the platform. > I'm not sure that the audio community is the most appropriate > for my application. The audio community is most probably the largest group needing realtime on common desktop hardware, so this is indeed a good place to ask. Regards -- Stano -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html