Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Latency test (RTcmix/Linux)
From: Benno Senoner (sbenno_AT_gardena.net)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 12:06:54 EEST
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, David Topper wrote:
>
> There's apparently some work afoot to improve this in 2.4 kernels.
> Let's hope.
yes, Ingo is working on porting his 2.2.x patches to 2.4-test5 so at least
when 2.4 will come out we will be able to provide an RPM to users
which want the 2msec latencies.
>
> I also bet a higher end audio card like the Midiman or RME (we have one
> of those) might be helping things out. Maybe not. ALSA might also have
> some advantages. Probably more likely. I haven't gotten into the
> ALSA API yet.
No the higher-end card won't help, it's a scheduler issue and
min-fragsize issue.
I can achieve 2.1msec on an AWE 64 or a Tropez+ with the same ease.
Benno.
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