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Subject: Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable
To: landley@trommello.org (Rob Landley)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 02:25:12 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), akpm@zip.com.au (Andrew Morton),
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> Do you want an operating system capable of running real-world code written by 
> people who know more about their specific problem domain (audio) than about 
> optimal coding in general, or do you want an operating system intended to 
> only run well-behaved applications designed and implemented by experts?

I want an OS were a reasonably cluefully written audio program works. That
to me means aiming at the 1mS latency mark. Which doesn't seem to be needing
pre-empt. Beyond a typical 1mS latency you have hardware fun to worry about,
and the BIOS SMM code eating you.
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