Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] xrun madness - test results (long)
From: Jack O'Quin (joq_AT_io.com)
Date: Tue Oct 26 2004 - 08:39:45 EEST
Good report, thanks for all the info.
Joel White <cv223_AT_comcast.net> writes:
> With 2.6.9 - In Duplex mode, xruns occur at a rate of scores per min
> of recording on *either* drive. Kernel latency trace indicates that
> the max kernel latencies were around 200 - 400 usec. Xruns are
> eliminated when Jack is set to Capture only.
> 3. It seems that there is some kind of interaction between Ardour,
> the kernel, and the disk system. The fact that xrun behavior is so
> different between the two kernels (xruns on the IDE drive with 2.6.9,
> but not 2.4.23) suggests something is up with the kernel. The
> latency_trace on 2.6.9 does not report that the kernel latency is the
> problem, but it is clearly something going on with this kernel. It is
> certainly possible that I have something misconfigured (Lee Revell
> checked out my .config, so at least that seems ok). I can send more
> info to anyone who may be able to help.
I recently built 2.6.9 to test the latest realtime-lsm LKML patch.
The patch worked, but realtime performance was horrible on my system,
especially compared to 2.6.8.1. I ran JACK in Duplex mode with ardour
and jamin. Next, I built 2.6.9-mm1, and things are working pretty
well.
So, despite not having done a careful test like yours, I think there
is a latency problem with 2.6.9. I'd be very interested to see what
happens if you run your test on 2.6.9-mm1. The kernel developers
probably would, too.
-- joq
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