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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:24:58 +0100 (CET)
From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: Patch - sharing RTC timer between kernel and user space
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> > 	it would be really nice to include this patch to allow using of
> > RTC timer inside the kernel space. We can use the RTC timer as timing
> > source for ALSA sequencer.
> 
> I wonder... how does alsa work on sparc/alpha/.... then? Not everyone
> has RTC, right? Why don't you use regular kernel timers, instead?

Using the RTC timer is optional. The default timer is system timer, of 
course.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project  http://www.alsa-project.org
SuSE Linux    http://www.suse.com

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