On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:55 AM, David Henningsson < david.hennings...@canonical.com> wrote:
> 2010-09-07 02:17, Chris Jones skrev: > > I know I've raised the question before regarding the inclusion of the > > real-time kernel in Ubuntu Studio, but why exactly is it necessary? > > That's a good question. Abogani has written a small overview of his take > on it here: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-March/009323.html > > -- > David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. > http://launchpad.net/~diwic <http://launchpad.net/%7Ediwic> > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel> > And to answer Chris's question very succinctly; better performance. The -rt kernel can help lower latency and minimize the number of xruns so that your recording doesn't drop anything or create artifacts such as popping. >From my understanding this also includes allowing firewire audio interface users to be able to adjust the interrupt priority to a more desirable setting allowing the firewire device to experience better perform from fewer interrupts. I believe I understand the basic principle of this but perhaps someone with broader experience can explain it better. Regards, ScottL
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