Re: [OT] ALSA userspace API complexity

From: Hannu Savolainen
Date: Tue Jan 10 2006 - 09:19:10 EST


On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:

> No, I mean that it's quite obvious bad design, because you might increase
> interrupt latencies for other drivers.
Maybe if running with all interrupts disabled.

The "mixing" time for one interrupt has been measured and it was smaller
than the resolution of the measurement method (1 usec). It is indeed a
serious risk to the system.

Best regards,

Hannu
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