Just as an update, I see following when invoking the server, N: alsa-util.c: Disabling timer-based scheduling because high-resolution timers are not available from the kernel. How will this affect the system? I also experienced a strange behaviour. When invoking two gst launches with pulsesink, pulseaudio server shutdown. -Rgds Vallabha On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Vallabha Hampiholi <vallabha.pa@ googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear Experts, > > What is PulseAudio's requirements from a system timer perspective? > > cat /proc/timer_list > > gives me following information. Let me know if it suffices PA's > requirement. I see that the resolution available is 1/100th of a second. > > Timer List Version: v0.6 > HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 2 > now at 22634717484152 nsecs > > cpu: 0 > clock 0: > .base: c0460160 > .index: 0 > .resolution: 10000000 nsecs > .get_time: ktime_get_real > active timers: > clock 1: > .base: c0460188 > .index: 1 > .resolution: 10000000 nsecs > .get_time: ktime_get > active timers: > #0: <c0484c58>, sched_rt_period_timer, S:01 > # expires at 22635000000000-22635000000000 nsecs [in 282515848 to > 282515848 nsecs] > .nohz_mode : 1 > .idle_tick : 22634720000000 nsecs > .tick_stopped : 0 > .idle_jiffies : 2233471 > .idle_calls : 3361941 > .idle_sleeps : 3187525 > .idle_entrytime : 22634713881502 nsecs > .idle_waketime : 22634713881502 nsecs > .idle_exittime : 22634713918152 nsecs > .idle_sleeptime : 21115835861013 nsecs > .iowait_sleeptime: 49387606847 nsecs > .last_jiffies : 2233471 > .next_jiffies : 2233500 > .idle_expires : 22635000000000 nsecs > jiffies: 2233471 > > Tick Device: mode: 1 > Per CPU device: 0 > Clock Event Device: gp timer > max_delta_ns: 214748367050 > min_delta_ns: 1000 > mult: 85899345 > shift: 32 > mode: 3 > next_event: 22634720000000 nsecs > set_next_event: omap2_gp_timer_set_next_event > set_mode: omap2_gp_timer_set_mode > event_handler: tick_nohz_handler > retries: 0 > > -Rgds > Vallabha > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20110725/7d45c106/attachment.html>
