[LAT] rt kernel 2.6.39

[Robin Gareus]

On 05/29/2011 04:39 PM, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:
> 2011/5/29 Robin Gareus <robin at gareus.org>:
>> On 05/29/2011 01:56 PM, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Somehow I've not succeeded yet, making a functional rt kernel, with 2.6.39
>>
>> Where and how is it failing?
>>
> 
> I'm able to compile with 2 different configs:
> 
> One doesn't show rt behaviour
> (Lots of xruns, although I did select those options I expect to be relevant.)
> 
> The other  has a better performance (based on your config) , but I'm not able to
> make my wlan-stick work there, although the driver module (rt2x00usb)
> is selected and compiles.

bummer. Could you post the .config ? Did you 'diff' it? It may be
something simple such as a missing firmware-loading module...

Does loading the module manually (`modprobe rt2x00usb`) help? What does
`dmesg` and `lsusb -v` say?


>>> If anyone has a working config, let me know.
>>> ( 64 bit, intel i7, nvidia - nouveau )
>>>
>> I don't have access to any i7 + NVidia platform. Is that specific
>> combination a problem?
>>
> Usually not, but that's possible.
> 
>> As far as I heard nouveau and 2.6.39 should work fine.
> 
> Yes it does.
> Even the new free nouveau 3D hw-accelerating extension is functional enough
> for usual apps (but not for all games) (.. and required for the unity desktop).
> Disabling it did not seem to have any effect on rt performance.
>