[LAD] alsa sequencer and sysex editing

[Jens M Andreasen]

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 18:13 +0200, rdxesy at yahoo.de wrote:

> Now I just wait for an constant time (usleep) before I 
> check the input queue. Problem: if the time is too short, i 
> would have missed the answer, if I wait to long I waste 
> time.
> 
> My question is: how would I make sure to catch all answers 
> from the device without using a thread and without just 
> waiting for an constant time before I check if there is an 
> answer( which is alo not very fail save, a message might 
> take a little longer if there is traffic on the midibus)?

You /could/ use poll:

 #include <poll.h>
  int poll(struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds, int timeout);

.. which will block, but at most untill timeout, after which you can
notify the user to check his wirings.





> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Jan
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