[linux-audio-dev] Re: [Jackit-devel] Re: k_jack v0.0.0.5

[Dave Griffiths]

> > It shouldn't be a problem, iwht only a few apps running the overhead is
> > very small. If by "isn't perfectly tuned" you mean not running SCHED_FIFO
> > or a patched kernel that its not that supprising, the context switch will
> > be causing big problems. But, at worst it should just make xruns a bit more
> > frequent, not go from none to some.
> 
> What I have noticed is subtle, I have xruns in both situations but 
> the rate increases noticeably. I've been running patched kernels but 
> there are all kinds of parameters 
> (as I'm sure you know) to tweak before it is sufficiently solid. I 
> would consider my findings pretty much expected behaviour with a 
> less then perfectly tuned system.

I thought I'd pipe up here, as I use jack on a totally unpatched, untuned
system (with SCHED_FIFO) and get rock solid performance. All crashes etc have
so far been problems with my code :)

Dave