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To: proff@suburbia.net
Cc: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert), hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Internal clock
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proff@suburbia.net writes:
> > > BTW a question to the hackers... does anyone have any plans for
> > > adding a real-time scheduling class, aka threads under solaris?
> > > I'm writing some midi software and could really do with a real-time
> > > class thread to handle the timing subsystem.
> > 
> > You should contact the RT (Real Time) list (freebsd-realtime).  I have
> > seen patches on that list for nearly full POSIX RT scheduling, albiet
> > for a slightly older than -current version of FreeBSD.
> > 
> 
> The sad reality is if these things are not incorporated in -current
> then they fall by as the original authors move onto other projects.

Then adding the code into the tree is a 'bad thing', since it becomes
unsupported.  If no-one is willing to incorporate/support the code, then
it shouldn't be incorporated.


Nate