Re: [Agnula-Developers] [ demudi-Feature Requests-723 ] Compile Muse 0.6.3 with givertcap support
>>>>> "gg" == guenter geiger <geiger@xdv.org> writes:
gg> On 2 Mar 2004, Jack O'Quin wrote:
>> I see your point, Guenter.
>>
>> It was for similar reasons that I initially focused on the LSM
>> approach before spending time on the kernel patch. For a long
>> time to come that will be the preferred approach, and I want to
>> make sure it works well.
gg> Now the big caveat is, that we have to ask the kernel
gg> maintainer to compile the kernel with security modules, and
gg> that building modules external to the kernel is not that easy
gg> with the new kernel build system. Have to investigate ...
Is module-assistant appropriate for such task?
Free
>> guenter geiger <geiger@xdv.org> writes:
>>
>> > My main concern is, if it is worth the effort. The module
>> solution for > 2.6 is a lot easier to integrate into
>> Debian. Very clean, separate > package, only care has to be
>> taken that it is available for all kernel > flavours.
>>
>> AFAIK, the LSM has no CPU dependencies. But, it has probably
>> only been tested on x86 so far.
>>
>> If there are still Debian platforms that don't run 2.6 or can't
>> support the SELinux LSM hooks, they will be a problem.
>>
>> > Then eventually, everyone just wants to use 2.6 in the very
>> near future. > So if there are only small drawbacks in terms
>> of lowlatency behaviour, I > would prefer the 2.6 solution.
>>
>> For those needing turn-key support for realtime multimedia, I
>> think the 2.6 solution will work fine. The latency now seems
>> to be good enough on most machines for most purposes.
>>
>> Those wanting to squeeze out an extra millisecond or two still
>> have the option of building their own kernels. Today, getting
>> lowlatency with 2.4 normally requires familiarity with kernel
>> building and patching. Even if an additional realtime patch
>> were provided, it need not be built into the standard Debian
>> kernel images. Those who apply low-latency patches already,
>> could easily apply this patch too, it they want it. -- joq
>>
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