Re: [LAU] kernel and midi seq

On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 04:58:13PM -0500, R Dicaire wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Emiliano Grilli <emillo@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> > I only tested it briefly, but with ubuntu 8.10 regular kernel alsa
> > MIDI behaves OK, whereas with linux-rt I had no joy: good audio
> > performance but unuseable MIDI latency (with an external usb MIDI
> > ikeyboard)
>
> Thanks, this is what I was afraid of as I can no longer used my usb
> midi interface, as well as no midi functionality
> in everything else.
>
> So last RT kernel where midi worked?
>

I think 2.6.24, or so I've been told. Alas, a kernel that old won't support my new EEE's hardware, its ACPI and sleep modes, and all its built-in gadgets.

Slightly different question: what's the estimate on a fix for this problem? Is anyone working on fixing it? Are we talking weeks, months, years, or "forget about it"?

Thanks.

-ken
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Received on Fri Jan 2 04:15:01 2009