[LAD] 2.4 vs 2.6

[Paul Davis]

On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 15:31 +0000, arisstotle.52613058 at bloglines.com
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 its an old data point, no longer valid.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.

--p