On 7/20/07, Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 15:31 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> I've been working with the 2.6 series kernel now for some time with
satisfactory
> results ie (about 24 msec of latency and solid stability). I chose the 2.6
> series because its the latest, and I wouldn't have to patch as much to get
> support for my hardware (firewire alsa realtime etc...). But I've been reading
> more and more about how the 2.4 kernels can outperform 2.6 when patched
properly,
> any truth to this?
no truth. its an old data point, no longer valid. that is, assuming we
are talking about RT-patched 2.6 vs. RT-patched 2.4. if you mean vanilla
2.6 vs. RT-patched 2.4, the latter is still better.
I'm not sure that is even true any more. No recent data, but I tested jackd
extensively in about the 2.6.7 to 2.6.11 time-frame, and found those vanilla
2.6 kernels quite competitive with RT-patched 2.4 ones, at least on the
machines I was running at the time (all uniprocessors).
The very early 2.6.x kernels were another story. :-)
--
joq
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