[LAU] 64-bit improves audio performance?

That is interesting. I am interested principally because I'm seeing xruns and am hunting for causes, and that stood out. Checked the BIOS; HPET is there, already turned on. Running the vanilla-install Debian Testing (AMD64) kernel, package "linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64" version 2.6.30-8, I do have a /dev/hpet. Running any of six or seven slightly different but very clean rtlinux builds (vanilla kernel source of 2.6.31.6, plus rtlinux patch-2.6.31.6-rt19.bz2), .config options verified and reverified very carefully, I don't have a /dev/hpet. Anything I should check? Do you think I should get on a kernel dev list? But I understand now that hpet may have little or nothing to do with the xrun problem. At least part of the symptomatology, is that Pulse talking to Jack on 64-bit Debian Testing / Gnome with GUI sound events off, seems to eat a whole lot more of Jack's DSP capacity than the same combination on 32-bit / LXDE. On 32-bit, Pulse at idle ate zero CPU; now on 64-bit, Pulse at idle is eating about 2%. I'm wondering right this minute if Gnome keeps its default sound open, delivering full-bore (albeit silent) audio even when it's told not to do so. I suppose I'll try LXDE. But any suggestions will be very much appreciated. J.E.B. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user