[gmpi] Re: Topic 7.3: Unconnected inputs/outputs

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:58:23 +0100

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:48:12 -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> Plugins should have loadable sub-units, with the I/O.  The plugin in this
> case would have 1 I/O or 1 pair of I/O per unit.  When you load a unit, you
> get a new I/O to connect.
> 
> Not mutually exclusive to that, the plugin knows if an I/O is connected or
> not.  If it is not connected, don't allocate.  When it is connected, use a
> background thread to do the allocation.

No, thats just too much work. If your i/o "unit" is requested it would
be better to be at (re)instantiation time so you could reserve the resources
ahead of time.

- Steve 

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