Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] low latency kernel
From: Joern Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 11:00:28 EEST
Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Atte André Jensen hat gesagt: // Atte André Jensen wrote:
>
>
>>I remember leading somewhere over a year ago that the low latency patch
>>maybe was making it's way into the actual kernel, something about Linus
>>needed to approve it or something. Is this still underway?
>
>
> The preemptible kernel patch is now part of the 2.5/6 series. It gives
> quite good latency, so I heard. Which brings up these questions:
>
> * Who is already using a 2.5 kernel?
me.
> * How's it working? Would you recommend going 2.5?
fine. EXCEPT: DO NOT USE TAGGED COMMAND QUEUING FOR ATA DISKS !!!!!!
sorry for yelling, but this thing ate 200G worth of data....
:)
other than that, it's been quite well-behaved.
> * What is needed to use 2.5?
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes
expect to update a number of userspace tools, most notably modutils.
> * When will 2.6 come out?
when it's ready :)
you might be happy to hear that linus has released 2.6.0-test1. not that
this has any significance whatsoever. :)
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