[linux-audio-user] Re: x86_64 RT performance, ingo patches

[Lee Revell]

On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 16:07 +1000, Loki Davison wrote:
> On 6/16/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 14:37 +1000, Loki Davison wrote:
> > > Has anyone tried the 2.6.17 series kernel with ingo patches on 64 bit?
> > > I've tried the 2.6.16 and couldn't get it to boot. Locked up after the
> > > loading schedulars message. I'm hoping 2.6.17 might actually work for
> > > me.
> >
> > That bug should be fixed with the last 2.6.16 -rt patch.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> 
> Nice one, guess i'll try on the weekend. Any idea how to copy and
> change the fs of your root partition? I guess i copy it to my spare
> harddrive then boot to cd and copy the data back over? My new 300gb
> sata harddrive is ext3 but my root drive and other data drive is
> reiser3.
> 

I would recommend you attack one issue at a time.  But yes, that will
work.

It might not even be the case anymore that reiser3 causes latency
problems - the -rt kernel and the introduction of the preemptible BKL
probably improved the situation.  It has been a long time since I tested
it.

Lee