[linux-audio-dev] another kernel patch?

Jack O'Quin joq at io.com
Tue Dec 2 01:50:09 UTC 2003


Roger Larsson <roger.larsson at norran.net> writes:

> But it is still a way to see that no client burns cycles where it should not -
> jackd would not start (or stop). And you _can_ get fewer context switches,
> but only if some client burns extra cycles.
> 
> Compare:
> 
> With jackd as highest priority:
> Context switches: A->jd->A->B->jd
> 
> With jackd as lowest priority:
> Context switches: A->jd->B->jd

The actual JACK process cycle works like this:
  jd->A->B->jd

-- 
  joq



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