[LAU] RTC/HPET timer permissions

[Clemens Ladisch]

Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> On 11/26/2012 03:03 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>> Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>>> And how does the snd-hrtimer module relate to this matter?
>>
>> It's for some timers used internally by ALSA, and loaded automatically.
>
> In what kind of situations would it load automatically?

In theory, always.  But it might be possible that it forgets to tell
udev about itself ...

> Does it improve MIDI timing for instance?

If the ALSA sequencer is used for MIDI event scheduling.

> How does it compare to the default timer setting?

It uses 1000 Hz.  Typically, HZ is less than that.


Regards,
Clemens