[linux-audio-user] Kernel tweaking for low latency

luis jure ljure at multitel.com.uy
Mon Sep 6 23:30:33 EDT 2004


el Sun, 05 Sep 2004 21:48:29 -0400
Ben Sheron <ben at whatsmykarma.com> escribió:

 
> So, how exactly do I go about optimizing a kernel for audio, especially
> on SuSE?  Does SuSE have a precompiled one available, or is it best to
> just compile it on my own?  I've Googled around a bit, and checked
> SuSE's documentation on recompiling a kernel, but haven't had much
> luck.  The last time I tried recompiling a SuSE kernel I trashed the
> whole system...

i'm not an expert, but since you've had no answers so far, let me tell you
that i haven't switched to 2.6 yet, i'm still using 2.4.26 with three
patches: low-latency patch, preemptive patch and capabilities patch, and i
have a fairly good performance. every time i install a new kernel i have to
google for them patches, i never remember where they are... perhaps suse or
some third party provides pre-patched kernels for audio, i wouldn't know.

installing your own kernel shouldn't break your system, i think. i used suse
for about two years, but that was a long time ago... or so it seems to me
now. that was suse 6.something, way back in 1999-2000. never had any
trouble using my own kernel compiled from the sources from kernel.org.
never used anything other than that, in fact. things might be worse now,
distributions are "easier" now, and that usually comes at a cost.

good luck,

lj

-- 





More information about the Linux-audio-user mailing list