26 Nov
2012
26 Nov
'12
3:03 p.m.
Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
Only if all applications actually have been updated.
Wasn't there some sequencer (Rosegarden? Muse?) that still uses RTC?
On 11/25/2012 01:23 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
POSIX timers, interval timers, nanosleep(), usleep(), poll() timeout.
Using the RTC or HPET devices directly is
necessary only if
the kernel does not use them for timers. Nowadays, kernels do, and
applications use the proper timer APIs.
What are those timer API's? You'd need
this only if you're using some audio application that hasn't
been updated for many years.
So this section has become deprecated?
http://wiki.linuxmusicians.com/doku.php?id=system_configuration#hardware_ti… And how does the snd-hrtimer module relate to this
matter?
It's for some timers used internally by ALSA, and loaded automatically.
Regards,
Clemens