On Thursday 25 March 2010, at 12.49.31, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice- dsl.net> wrote: [...] > Btw. the > graphics has access to the main memory, unfortunately it's a shared RAM, > OTOH I used HPET so unwanted interrupts because of a shared RAM > shouldn't be the cause, if I do understand the workings of HR timers > correctly.
Interrupts can't save you if bus-master DMA is blocking the CPU's access to RAM. Whatever IRQ source and kernel interrupt handling code you're using has no bearing on this. If the interrupts are generated by external or internal (to the CPU) timers shouldn't matter either. (Even if external IRQs are delayed while the bus is busy, it doesn't make a difference, as the CPU can't respond until the bus is free anyway.) Either way, I don't think that should be a problem, as busmaster DMA is normally done in short bursts, rather than large blocks. Unless you're pushing the limits of RT-Linux or RTAI, it should affect nothing but bandwidth from a practical POV. Then again, perhaps not all hardware is that well behaved...? -- //David Olofson - Developer, Artist, Open Source Advocate .--- Games, examples, libraries, scripting, sound, music, graphics ---. | http://olofson.net http://kobodeluxe.com http://audiality.org | | http://eel.olofson.net http://zeespace.net http://reologica.se | '---------------------------------------------------------------------' _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
