[linux-audio-dev] Re: [Jackit-devel] new low latency patch for 2.6

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jeremy Hall <jhall at maoz.com> wrote:

> I compiled this on SMP and when I enabled preempt in /proc/sys/kernel
> commands worked for a few seconds, then the machine crashed.  It
> responded to pings but otherwise was dead in the water.  When I
> enabled voluntary preempt as well, the machine almost immediately
> crashed.
> 
> The note says that you should be able to switch from the four modes of
> operation at will while the machine is running.  Is that true?

it's true, it should work. This is probably a bug in the patch. 
Investigating it.

	Ingo