Re: [Alsa-user] Keeping multiple cards in sync (was: Assertion `snd_pcm_format_linear(slv->format)' failed)

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 12:36 -0800, Bill Unruh wrote:
> But the problem is getting those ticks out. In particular, with the
> new timer chips on the newer chipsets, rtc works by polling, which is
> notoriously bad at accurate timing.  Even with interrupts, you cannot
> have them too often or your computer will not do much, and the timer
> interrupt could be delayed. Ie, your computer does a whole lot of
> stuff besides audio all of which can interfer with the
> timing. 

What RTC chipsets are you referring to that can't generate periodic
interrupts?