6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
12:29 p.m.
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> writes:
I finally decided to see how well a low latency kernel
will work on my
system. I guess the best performance will be with 2.4.x, right?
"Best" depends on your needs and priorities.
For lowest latency, 2.6.10 with Ingo Molnar's realtime preemption
patches is currently the best. But, that requires considerable effort
on your part.
For less effort, 2.4.x with the lowlatency patches is solid and
delivers good results.
A recent, stable 2.6.x kernel is also an easy option. I'm getting as
good or better LL results with vanilla 2.6.10 than with 2.4.19 and the
LL patches. I have not tried 2.6.11 yet, but expect it to be even
better. IMO, latency is no longer a reason to avoid 2.6 kernels.
For the easiest solution, go with PlanetCCRMA (Fedora/RedHat) or
AGNULA/DeMuDi (Debian). They've got this stuff all integrated and
readily available for binary download.
--
joq