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Date:      Thu, 08 Jul 1999 20:19:18 +0900
From:      Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@naklab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp>
To:        dfr@nlsystems.com
Cc:        Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@naklab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp>
Subject:   Re: Rewriting pca(4) using finetimer(9) (was: Re: MPU401 now worksunderNew Midi Driver Framework with a Fine Timer)
Message-ID:  <199907081119.UAA28709@rina.naklab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:00:24 %2B0100 (BST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907081056510.558-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>

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On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:00:24 +0100 (BST),
  Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> said:

>> There is one problem in this method. acquire_timer0() is only implemented
>> for i386. We would need to write something equivalent for alpha...

dfr> The timer hardware on the alpha is essentially the same but the interrupts
dfr> are wired up differently. I'm not sure how hard it would be to get timer0
dfr> working but I think it should be possible.

I see. Then I can work on i386 first, and later on alpha.


dfr> The alphas tend to run the main clock quite fast (typically 1024hz) so the
dfr> granularity of timing is better but probably not good enough for midi or
dfr> pca.

I agree.


Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@naklab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp>


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