Re: [linux-audio-dev] kernel preemption patch to 2.5 kernel tree!

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] kernel preemption patch to 2.5 kernel tree!
From: Andrew Morton (akpm_AT_zip.com.au)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 20:54:09 EET


Steve Harris wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 01:05:41 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Steve Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 01:11:07 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > There is hope - at present, RedHat's rawhide kernel, at
> > > > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
> > > > contains the full-on low-latency patch. Whether that is
> > > > permanent I do not know.
> > >
> > > That's interesting. Thanks. Do you know wether its enabled by default, or
> > > only applied to the source?
> >
> > It appears that low-latency is enabled, and that the
> > /proc/sys/kernel/lowlatency switch is disabled.
>
> Interesting.
>
> The ChangeLog mentions that the O(1) sheduling patch was applied, but
> doesn't mention the low-latency patch, are these two connected?

No, they're unrelated.


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