[linux-audio-user] Re: FC2 2.6.x kernel questions [OT?]

[Hans Fugal]

Yes, I had to roll back to 2.6.7 due to SATA problems. hde apparently
became sda, but init wouldn't be found even with root=/dev/sda3, so
maybe more was hosed. I just gave up at that point...


On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:21:28 -0400, Matt Barber <brbrofsvl at aol.com> wrote:
> Just be wary of 2.6.8* and CD burning.  On two of our machines CD
> burning is broken - on one it completely freezes the box 50% of the
> time, and on the other, it burns nothing but coasters.  Sata support
> seems more than a little sketchy in 2.6.8* (but we've had no problem
> with it in 2.6.5 - 2.6.7 fedora/ccrma kernels).
> 
> you can read this thread:
> 
> http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2004-September/006039.html
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ->On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 12:50, Barton Bosch wrote:
> > This may be semi-OT for this list but it does relate somewhat in
> > regards to burning CDs and eventually using the 2.6 kernels for low
> > latency audio, etc.
> >
> > My production distro is a Planet CCRMA RH 9 installation.  I also
> > have an installation of FC2 that I use for graphics and will
> > eventually be migrating to.  For me, using FC2 and the 2.6 kernels
> > is edgy enough -- I don't have enough knowledge and experience to be
> > much use as a beta tester.
> >
> > With those caveats in mind, is there a particular 2.6 kernel that
> > would be better than either 1) the kernel that was shipped with my
> > FC2 disks, or 2) the most recently released kernel (2.6.8-1.521)?
> 
> I have released a couple of "experimental" 2.6.8+ kernels that include
> the voluntary preemption patches by Ingo Molnar. They are getting better
> all the time. You could try them in your FC2 box by following the
> instructions here (if you have already installed Planet CCRMA in your
> FC2 box, of course):
> 
> http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2004-August/005879.html
> 
> > Where can I find more info about the various kernels and other
> > updates as they are released?
> 
> Kernels specific for Planet CCRMA are announced in its mailing list. I
> guess the place for generic announcements would be the linux kernel
> mailing list.
> 
> > Does anyone have any advice as to an
> > FC2 update strategy other than running `# yum update` every week
> > or so?
> 
> For Planet CCRMA that would be apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. I
> have yum support in my list of things to do but have not had time to
> implement it yet. <-
> 
> 



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