[linux-audio-dev] muse and /dev/rtc

[Clemens Ladisch]

Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
> the ALSA sequencer API seems to allow *timestamped* events - you put such
> an event in a queue and it will appear at the other end at the right moment.
> If this is true,

It is.

> and if ALSA has an high precision timer available to implement it,

Standard 2.4 kernels don't have an high precision timer, unless the
sound card hardware implements one, or if the RTC patch is used.  On
2.6 kernels, the system timer is precise enough.

> why should apps like MusE bother to do the fine timing themselves
> ?

Probably backwards compatibility (with 2.4 kernels _and_ OSS).


Best regards,
Clemens