Re: [linux-audio-dev] It's time to vote (n. 1)

[Joe Pfeiffer]

Jorn Nettingsmeier     
   Steve Harris wrote:
   > Also remeber you have to reassemble the packets in the right order as the
   > ordering is not guaranteed.

   forgive my ignorance wrt networks, but what can change the original
   order of packets in a point-to-point link ?
   my understanding is that when packets get routed via different
   paths, they might become shuffled, but not on a static route.

A packet can be lost (maybe noise on the line, maybe the recipient
missed an interrupt...), and the following packet get through.  Then the
lost packet gets retransmitted.
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