[LAU] pretty much frustrated about those rt-kernels!

[schoappied]

Ronald Stewart wrote:
> the best RT kernel  I have used is the good ol' 64studio version cooked by Free.
> I can run my entire studio environment with Indamixx opening apps such
> as ardour and hydrogen while streaming audio via IDJC over the net on
> battery with wifi and editing in audacity... no xruns no dropout in
> streaming audio while screen brightness/dims all at the same time.
> Likewise I can run idjc with skype and pidgin while doing my audio
> edits and production/multitracking in ardour or audacity with no
> problems.
> 800mhz I gig of RAM > rock solid and pocket sized.
> We worked 14months on this build to get it right for those guys out
> there who don't want to brew their own.  Lastly, we tried RT stuff
> from handy heron, ubuntu studio and others and they are not the type
> of RT that we offer.  I felt great when the off the shelf and home
> brew stuff fell way short of a true pro audio low latency experience.
>
> Thank you
>
> Ronald Stewart
> www.indamixx.com
>
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 4:12 PM, schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:46 AM, schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> <SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I've read on the debian irc channel that it is not necessary to do a
>>>>> rt-patch with the newest kernels (.25.10), just set in menu config:
>>>>>
>>>>> processor type and features >> preemtible  kernel (low -latency desktop)
>>>>>
>>>>> and Timer frequentie to 1000 Hz.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone confirm this?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Not at all true. That strategy will give you a good kernel, but it is
>>>> not a 'real-time' kernel. You're best bet is to use the specific patch
>>>> set supplied by Ingo and the RT team.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> whow, Ive spend I think 20 hours to build a kernel but it constantly
>>> fails.... :( :( :(
>>>
>>> I tried everything with help from IRC and documentation, but different
>>> errors...
>>>
>>> for example: http://pastebin.com/m5bc649d
>>>
>>> I use a kernel for kernel.org and a rt-patch which fits it...
>>> I patch the files as described in this howto:
>>> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=17035&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
>>>
>>> I use: make oldconfig (skip the questions with ENTER) and then make xconfig
>>> And set:
>>> rocessor type and features> Preemption Mode (Complete Preemption
>>> (Real-Time))
>>> Processor type and features>Timer frequency (1000 HZ)
>>>
>>> Then:
>>> $ make-kpkg clean ; export VER=$(date +'%Y%m%d')
>>> NAMEEXT="-$(hostname)-$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)"; make-kpkg
>>> --revision=$VER --append-to-version=$NAMEEXT --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd
>>> kernel_image kernel_headers
>>>
>>> Can it fails because of the new kernel versions I try to build?
>>> Or do I make errors in making the .config file?
>>>       
>> I'm not at all clear what this previous command does. the normal set
>> of build instructions at this point is very simple
>>
>> make && make modules_install
>>
>> Even if that isn't the 'Debian' way, is it possible to build and
>> install a kernel as the kernel designers intended it or does that not
>> work on Debian?
>>
>> Maybe there's another Debian user here who can help you. I'm Gentoo
>> based and it's pretty straight forward here.
>>
>> - Mark
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>>     
>
> Where can I find the 64studio kernel and headers?