[linux-audio-user] realtime-lsm in the kernel

Lee Revell rlrevell at joe-job.com
Fri Sep 10 16:25:38 EDT 2004


On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 14:57, John Check wrote:
> On Thursday 09 September 2004 04:20 pm, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:24, David Baron wrote:
> > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 19:00,
> > >
> > > linux-audio-user-request at music.columbia.edu wrote:
> > > > Go for it. i would definetly like to save the extra step of compiling
> > > > the realtime lsm each time i upgrade my kernel.. And i think it might
> > > > prove useful even for non audio users.. Often security stuff likes to
> > > > mlock small portions of memory, too, etc..
> > >
> > > Yes, except that the realtime-lsm precompiled binary is not updated on
> > > Sid each time the kernel is. The only way to keep it current is to
> > > compile it yourself. Compiles quickly and reliably--just remember to copy
> > > the .ko to the correct place and then reboot.
> >
> > This is why we want realtime-lsm to be part of the kernel, because it
> > _would_ automatically get upgraded when you upgraded your kernel.  Since
> 
> Are you sure? ALSA isn't always current.
> 

Exactly, but realtime-lsm has not changed in a long time, it's very
simple (~200 lines of code), has no known bugs, and many people find it
useful.  So it's a perfect candidate to include in the kernel.

I have already received an OK from the maintainer, as soon as I get a
patch from him I will be posting it to LKML.

Lee




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