16 Mar
2010
16 Mar
'10
10:38 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:41 PM, cal <cal(a)graggrag.com> wrote:
Long ago I added some code to yoshimi to deal with
denormals (from Jens M Andreasen,
LAD
<http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2009-August/024707.html>).
Now I'm wondering if it's actually cool for a synth app or plugin to arrogantly
go
about changing cpu flags underneath other running apps, eg ardour. I'd like to hear
the thoughts of the wise on whether that's a very bad thing for a "minor"
app to be
doing.
the OS will restore CPU flags on a context switch. so, doing this in a
plugin is an absolute no-no; doing it in a separate application is
totally fine. i think.