Re: [task #5485] Design and implement a sound system

2006-05-06 Thread Marco Gerards
Esben Stien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, I've talked to Paul Davis, the author of JACK. He would advice > you to start a thread on the jackit-devel mailinglist[1]. > > [1]http://www.jackaudio.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=31 This link only seems to work for people

Re: [task #5485] Design and implement a sound system

2006-05-06 Thread Leonardo Pereira
It is possible that you is right about that stuff... anyway, I see no other way to do that on hurd without break the design... I hope ngHurd people consider that and do not make 'everything is a file' design. For sound, video, network stuff. 2006/5/6, Esben Stien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Richar

Re: [task #5485] Design and implement a sound system

2006-05-06 Thread Esben Stien
Richard Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't really see the problem with file descriptors "File descriptors are not bad. The problem is an interface based around open/read/write/close. Video has the exact same issue, with the solution widely understood: individual apps do not open/read/wri

Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-06 Thread Thomas Schwinge
[Yuck. I could have guessed that the web frontend would produce only an ugly email...] Hi! You might be interested in reading this article by Tanenbaum, Herder and Bos: ``Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?'' http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/index.jsp?pageID=computer

Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-06 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Title: Newsletter Thomas Schwinge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has forwarded this article from Computer Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure? Sender's message:Hi! You might be interested in reading this article by Tanenbaum, Herder and Bos. There's no fundamental news in it, but a nice ov

Re: [task #5485] Design and implement a sound system

2006-05-06 Thread Richard Braun
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 12:29:53AM +0200, Esben Stien wrote: > Thomas Schwinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > translator to be installed on /dev/snd > > This was a bad design decision in the linux kernel, or so I > understand. Treating audio IO through a file descriptor is very > bad. The JACK

Re: Google's Summer of Code 2006

2006-05-06 Thread Alfredo Beaumont
Osteguna 27 Apirila 2006 19:29(e)an, Thomas Schwinge(e)k idatzi zuen: > > * Make GNU Mach use more up to date device drivers. > * Work on GNU Mach's IPC / VM system. > * Transition the Hurd libraries and servers from cthreads to > pthreads. > * Rewrite pfin