> no HZ=1000 is not needed , since your task get woken up by
> blocking write() to /dev/dsp.
I had to use it for a midi 'transmuter', since I'm not constantly writing,
I need to get woken often :)
> Anyway UTIME style timers whould really useful for implementing
> multimedia sw. (eg a MIDI sequencer need an accurate timing
> source in order to schedule events (write to the output interface)
> at the right time.
> Currently RTC is one of the good sources, but the problem is that
> there is only one instance avalable, thus running 2 apps concurrently
> needs a different solution.
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