> Low-latency userspace apps. The audio guys, for instance, are trying to > get latencies down to the 100us range. > > If random kernel threads can preempt userspace at any time, they wreak > havoc with latency as seen by userspace.
Come now. There is no such thing as a random kernel thread. Any General Purpose kernel needs the ability to do work that keeps the entire system from grinding to a halt. Chad - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
