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BSDBSDPosted Jul 6, 2011 18:25 UTC (Wed) by trasz (guest, #45786)In reply to: BSD by bronson Parent article: Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org)
Could you explain what's the "256 point sync" and how is it related to the preemptiveness of the kernel?
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BSD Posted Jul 6, 2011 20:49 UTC (Wed) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
oops, I meant sinc of course. Finger habits. Decent quality sinc takes a good chunk of your CPU.
The bit about preemption is a reply to your statement:
> And the kernel is preemptible, so it wouldn't matter much anyway
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