[linux-audio-user] 2.6 which patches

Shayne O'Connor forums at machinehasnoagenda.com
Sun May 1 23:12:22 EDT 2005


Noah Roberts wrote:

>I am compiling 2.6.11 and having trouble finding the patches I am
>supposed to use for low latency.  In scouring the internet I find old
>references to a Realtime LSM, a Low Latency patch, and the
>Pre-emptable kernel patch.  The later is included in the kernel now
>and I turned it on.  The low-latency patch seems to only be findable
>as a patch to 2.4.  The newest LSM is from a year ago.
>
>The user list website has a how to but it seems rather dated:
>http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/Low_latency-Mini-HOWTO.php3
>
>Last update 2 years ago.
>
>What are the current set of patches you use and where are they?  More
>importantly, how to you ready a CURRENT kernel for use with audio and
>where is the HOWTO on that?
>  
>
have you tried this:

http://www.steamballoon.com/wiki/Rlimits

you should only need the two patches (one for kernel, one for PAM) that
are mentioned there. apply the kernel patch to 2.6.12rc2.

with this setup i have got some pretty rock-solid stability :)

shayne



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