[Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-16 Thread Andre Pang
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:14:28AM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > > CONFIG_MK7=y > > > > Did I read correctly that some 3DNow instructions cause latency issues? > > That's what Roger Larsson suggested when I showed bad latency results. > Compiling for 586 solved that problem for me, and I find

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Andy Lo-A-Foe
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 07:54:41PM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > Your results look good. For what processor did you compile your kernel? CONFIG_MK7=y Did I read correctly that some 3DNow instructions cause latency issues? > Can you run the alsa-lib/test/latency test (and use a CD as input) >

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Sebastien Metrot
al Message - From: "Andy Lo-A-Foe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Maarten de Boer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency re

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Maarten de Boer
> Okay, here's my setup: > > - kernel 2.4.15-pre4 + Robert Love's preempt patches > (http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/) > - kernel HZ value set to 1000, default is 100 > (see /usr/src/linux/include/asm/param.h) > - alsa 0.9.0beta9 + Trident 4DWave NX > - SCSI hard disk with ReiserFS > - Geforce

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Andy Lo-A-Foe
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 07:06:42PM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > That would be great. I use latencytest0.42 as well (gif). > > Tell me what kernel you use. Okay, here's my setup: - kernel 2.4.15-pre4 + Robert Love's preempt patches (http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/) - kernel HZ value set to

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Maarten de Boer
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:35:33 +0100 Andy Lo-A-Foe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 05:28:19PM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > > > It would be really nice if somebody could repeat my tests on identical or > > similar hardware (AMD Athlon, Trident 4DWave NX), with the same vers

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Andy Lo-A-Foe
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 05:28:19PM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > It would be really nice if somebody could repeat my tests on identical or > similar hardware (AMD Athlon, Trident 4DWave NX), with the same versions > of kernel, patch, and alsa (latest cvs that is). I will try with a es1371 > to

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:28:19 +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > > > There are VM tuning parameters in /proc/sys/vm/vm_*_ratio files. > > Lowering these values tend to bring better latency results. > > Any recommended reading about this? I've used this setting: echo 6 > /proc/sys/vm/vm_scan_ratio

[Alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: more bad low latency results

2001-11-15 Thread Maarten de Boer
> There are VM tuning parameters in /proc/sys/vm/vm_*_ratio files. > Lowering these values tend to bring better latency results. Any recommended reading about this? I reinstalled my system (needed to do that for a while now anyway) to be crispy clean. Look at the latest results. http://www.iua.