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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:18:12 +1100
From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
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To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> 
>>>SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR are definitely privileged operations and you
>>
>>this is the crux of what this whole debate is about. for all of you
>>people who think about linux on multi-user systems with network
>>connectivity, running servers and so forth, this is clearly a given.
>>
>>but there is large and growing body of machines that run linux where
>>the sole human user of the machine has a strong and overwhelming
>>desire to have tasks run with the characteristics offered by
>>SCHED_FIFO and/or SCHED_RR. are they still "privileged" operations on
>>this class of linux system? what about linux installed on an embedded
>>system, with a small LCD screen and the sole purpose of running audio
>>apps live? are they still privileged then?
>>
> 
> 
> Paul.  Everyone agrees with you.  I think.  We just need to work out
> the best way of doing it.
> 
> Would I be right in suspecting that we know what to do, but nobody has
> stepped up to write the code?  It's kinda looking like that?

I thought I made it clear i had already volunteered. I was after a 
response to my proposal for how to do it.

Cheers,
Con

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