Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750727AbWBRCmq (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:42:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750738AbWBRCmq (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:42:46 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:48559 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750727AbWBRCmp (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:42:45 -0500 Subject: Re: Re[2]: 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB drivers of major vendor excluded From: Lee Revell To: s.schmidt@avm.de Cc: Greg KH , torvalds@osdl.org, kkeil@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, opensuse-factory@opensuse.org, libusb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:42:43 -0500 Message-Id: <1140230563.2733.171.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.91 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 905 Lines: 23 On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 15:24 +0100, s.schmidt@avm.de wrote: > Only the kernel offers low latency and timeline processing > which is required for soft DSP alike processing. Sorry, but this set off my hyperbole detector. Ever hear of a VST plugin? On Linux, people do realtime DSP stuff with JACK in user space all the time that (no offense) makes a soft modem look like a toy in comparison, like process 32 channels of 24 bit audio at 96KHz through a reverb, amp modelers, equalizers, pitch correction, etc. http://jackit.sourceforge.net/apps/ http://www.ardour.org/ On a recent kernel you don't even need to be root to get reliable RT scheduling ;-) Lee - 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/