[linux-audio-user] realtime-lsm in Andrew Morton's latest kernel patchset

[Reuben Martin]

Jack O'Quin wrote:
>>On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 19:06 -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
>>
>>>On 11 February 2005 at 20:35, "Jack O'Quin" <joq at io.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Those of you who enjoy working with bleeding-edge kernels, please try
>>>>Andrew's latest 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 patchset.  I am hopeful that this may
>>>>be included in the base kernel, soon.  It would help for some of you
>>>>to build this kernel, run it and report on any problems (or successes)
>>>>with the realtime LSM.
>>>
>>>What version of ALSA does this use?
> 
> 
> 1.0.8
> 
> Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> writes:
> 
>>You really don't want to run the -mm kernel, unless you really like to
>>test every bleeding edge feature the kernel developers came up with this
>>week.  IOW, unless you enjoy your machine locking up.
>>
>>This is important for political reasons, not technical.  It means the
>>realtime LSM is likely to end up in the mainline kernel.  It doesn't
>>really need more testing, everyone knows it works. 
> 
> 
> Mostly true.  But, Chris Wright and I did make two small changes
> lately.  They work fine for me, but that's not the same as having 30
> or 40 people try it on different systems.  Since this version *may*
> wind up going into 2.6.11 or 2.6.12, I really *would* like for more
> people to test it.
> 
> The politics is important, too.  It wouldn't hurt for us to
> demonstrate to the kernel developers that a number of us really do
> care about this feature.  Lee and Paul and I have been hammering the
> point home, but a few more voices would not hurt.
> 
> Lee is right about -mm kernels.  Don't try it if you aren't
> comfortable working with development kernels.  Most likely, nothing
> bad will happen to your system.  But, there could be problems with
> certain devices or configurations.  Reporting them to the kernel
> developers is a bit help.  But, don't run it in any production
> systems.

Is the LSM patch, (in the same form as the one in the -mm kernel) easily 
available to patch and test against the mainline kernel?

-Reuben