[PD] -rt for whom?

[Larry Troxler]

On Monday 05 July 2004 17:57, chris clepper wrote:
> On Jul 5, 2004, at 3:24 PM, Larry Troxler wrote:
> > On Monday 05 July 2004 13:57, chris clepper wrote:
> >> A few notes about -rt mode:
> >>
> >> First, -rt is different on OSX compared to Linux.  On Linux, the flag
> >> sets the priority of the pd process just like nice or renice
> >
> > Sorry if I somehow have a basic misunderstanding about how POSIX
> > real-time
> > scheduling works on Linux,  but I think  you're very wrong (or else the
> > behavior of "nice" has changed a bit since the last time I researched
> > it).
>
> I think you completely missed the point I was making, which concerns
> the difference between the way processes are represented in the two
> systems. 

Hi Chris. I do understand that you were talking primarily about OSX and not 
about Linux, and I'm not at all disupting the primary point you are making. 
But even though it may have nothing do do with your argument,  you made a 
statement about how "pd -rt" works on Linux (which I do have some experience 
with),  and I believe that what you said is in error. So, I felt that I 
needed to reply. The fact is, that on Linux, using POSIX real-time scheduling 
as enabled by the "-rt" option, _is_ different then simply "nice'ing" a 
process to a not so nice level. I just wanted to clarify that. That's really 
all. 

Larry Troxler