[linux-audio-user] Ardour, Jack, and 2.6 kernels

Malcolm Baldridge linux-audio at paypc.com
Thu May 27 17:18:56 EDT 2004


> I actually get very very well latency in the 2.6.3-rc3 kernel... its the
> only 2.6 kernel i have used so far... and on the 2.4.23 kernel that is
> patched with low-latency has xrun saying 400+-  ms which is crazy...

Have you double-checked your hdparm -v settings (if you're using IDE)? 
400ms is pathological for a 2.4.2x kernel with lowlat+preemptible kernel.  I
never see more than 2ms on my setups with the Con Kolivas-patched 2.4
kernel, even with HZ=1000 and 64-bit jiffies.

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