[OT] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux 2.6 not a latency panacea?

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Subject: [OT] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux 2.6 not a latency panacea?
From: Robert Jonsson (robert.jonsson_AT_dataductus.se)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 17:27:37 EEST


Hi,

> > I also found 2.6.0-test[123] to be less responsive than 2.4.x-ll, or even
> > stock 2.4.x. I've also experienced XMMS dropouts under load (for example
> > compiling Muse)
> >
> > Some behaviour I've noticed is that under heavy load the desktop/audio
> > doesn't freeze for a certain block of time, but rather in short (~2
> > seconds) intervalls...
>
> this should have been imporved significantly in -mm tree.
> even reducing the min/max timeslices would help a lot. the default
> values look too large for desktop users...

A fairly of topic question: Since 2.6 contains several schedulers; is this
selectable at runtime or is it a compiletime switch ?
Sounds shaky to select at runtime, but infinitely cool :)

/Robert


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