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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:20:39 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        proff@suburbia.net
Cc:        terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert), hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Internal clock
Message-ID:  <199704011920.MAA04841@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970401183442.3989.qmail@suburbia.net>
References:  <199704011730.KAA11582@phaeton.artisoft.com> <19970401183442.3989.qmail@suburbia.net>

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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



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