[linux-audio-user] MDK sound-RPMs troubles / Sound in Slackware?

[Jan "Evil Twin" Depner]

Rob,

	You're gonna love the EWS88MT.  It's basically an equivalent of my DSP
2000.  I really like the envy24 chipset.  Zero latency monitoring using
the internal mixer is the best!  Once you get it you should seriously
consider moving to reiserfs (or XFS, I think Mark is right on that) if
you have a dedicated audio data disk.  I could actually see a reduction
in xruns when I switched to reiserfs from ext3.

Jan

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 11:12, rob fell wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 14:09, Jan "Evil Twin" Depner wrote:
> > > Sort of OT but, I hope you're not using ext3 for your audio data disk.
> > > If so check this out -
> > > http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/Arcana.html.  Specifically, Mark
> > > Knecht's info on filesystem tests.
> > >
> > > Jan
> >
> > Jan,
> >    I'd only offer that if ext3 does the job for a specific individual,
> > then I don't think there's anything wrong with using it. In most case
> > (except apparently current Gentoo!) ;-) it is better tested and probably
> > more stable than reiserfs. If someone knows they're going to only use so
> > many tracks and maybe isn't pushing the limits of what there hardware
> > can do, or doesn't possibly try to run their sound card at the very
> > lowest latencies all the time like you and I, then I would probably
> > recommend ext3.
> >
> >    On the other hand, since I do tend to push the limits of what my
> > hardware can do, should I EVER be able to run Alsa again, then at that
> > unknown date in the future I'll probably be running reiserfs. Problem
> > is, that date appears to be so far in the future anymore that I'm
> > starting to expect xfs to be meat and potatoes by then. ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> 
> I didn't mean to slur Gentoo kernels in any way - I've only confirmed that the 
> ext3 sheduling storm patch hasn't been applied (nor is it included in the 
> stock 2.4.20 I downloaded). Since I'm (currently) running an ext3 partition 
> this is currently under suspicion for the total system lockups under jack.
> 
> I had already read Mark Knecht's filesystem tests - a very interesting and 
> informative read it is too Mark.
> 
> Since I'm currently getting the software side sorted out I haven't yet 
> upgraded beyond a SB16, hence no need for extreme tuning. When I get the 
> terratec ews88mt that is currently the object of my (audio) lust (and a 
> halfway decent desk) that situation will need to be revisited.
> 
> The nice thing is that the guys in the band are all now aware of what FSF can 
> do - even in the hands of the least literate band member.
> 
> R
>