Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423250AbWANBVf (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:21:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423253AbWANBVf (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:21:35 -0500 Received: from hermes.domdv.de ([193.102.202.1]:12304 "EHLO hermes.domdv.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423250AbWANBVe (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:21:34 -0500 Message-ID: <43C85213.40808@domdv.de> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:21:23 +0100 From: Andreas Steinmetz User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051004) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Lang CC: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich , thockin@hockin.org, Lee Revell , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Dual core Athlons and unsynced TSCs References: <1137178855.15108.42.camel@mindpipe><20060113215609.GA30634@hockin.org> <1137190698.2536.65.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43C848C7.1070701@domdv.de> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1258 Lines: 32 David Lang wrote: [snip] > I'm not saying it's the right answer, but it's one of two workarounds > currently available. > > idle=poll causes increased power useage > > timer source change (mentioned earlier in this thread) limits timer > precision > > neither of these are fixes, but by understanding the different costs > people can choose the work around they want to use while waiting for a > better fix. The problem being that some of us use their laptops for audio work too. And then high battery usage, noisy fans or lack of high res timers will be really bad. Simple example: I do final mastering work using my laptop and Ardour/Jack/JAMin out of house in a place with a good stage audio system (Mackie mixer, 2KW Dynacord Amp/Syrincs S3) and a sufficient listening space to get a proper bass mix. I run on battery in this case to avoid any kind of audio interference (ground loops, etc). Now thinking of a dual core laptop... -- Andreas Steinmetz SPAMmers use robotrap@domdv.de - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/