[LAU] Compiling a kernel

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

>> But for now one question:  How does one quantitatively measure that
>> one kernel is better than another?  eg memory footprint, response time
>> etc?
>>      
> For those of us doing real-time audio I measure it using Jack and
> determining with each kernel how low I can set my latencies while
> recording 48 channels of audio in one pass to three hard drives.
>
> That's just me though.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>    

Mark, I am curious:  how low /can/ you set your latencies while 
capturing 48 channels simultaneously to three hard drives???  And are 
you using a firewire device, or something else?

J.E.B.