[linux-audio-user] Real-time kernel

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 12/21/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 16:47 -0800, Ken Restivo wrote:
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> > That's bleak.
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> > I bought a Mac Mini to do audio on. It's got the dreaded hda_intel chip.
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> Actually that's the problem - there's no single "dreaded hda_intel
> chip", because the design gives the vendor of your laptop/mobo so much
> flexibility to screw things up.  Each laptop/mobo with this chip has to
> be debugged separately, based on the codec and how broken your BIOS is.
>
> In general the cheaper your machine the more issues you will have
> because the bargain hardware vendors are more likely to skimp on QA and
> just ship it as soon as it boots Windows.

Might anything be gained through Gateway support for a Gateway laptop?
 I mean, I'm guessing not with a capital N, but then I always have a
negative attitude and sometimes I'm wrong.  They did tell me how to
install Linux for dual-boot.

-Chuckk