jack context switches (Was: Re: [linux-audio-dev] another kernel patch?)

[Roger Larsson]

On Tuesday 02 December 2003 02.50, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> 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 [start B] ->A [tail] ->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

How?

How can B start immediately after A without ANY
jackd running in between?

(I am talking about external clients)

/RogerL

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