Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo & the Real-Time kernel

[Grant]

> It's the only kernel I've used in years. In fact I've never run
> gentoo-sources for any reason other than installation. With my
> HDSP9652 I can run sub-1 mS delays consistently.
>
> You'll find the real-time kernel in the pro-audio overlay as
> 'rt-sources'. You might consider joining the pro-audio overlay email
> list to get questions answered about configuration, not that they
> cannot be answered here but pretty much everyone there is running it
> exclusively.
>
> Note that the leading edge rt-sources kernel does tend to be a bit
> behind the mainline kernel so you'll want to be a bit more careful
> with things like closed source video drivers and the like. While not
> so bad now there have been times in the past where the nvidia driver
> did cause real-time problems. (Called 'xruns' in the audio world due
> to the way Jack reports these problems.) I tend to run the Open source
> video drivers to simply reduce the number of problems I might run into
> but many, many people run both the ATI and nvidia closed source
> drivers without any problems.
>
> Have fun,
> Mark

Thanks Mark, I'm going to join that list.

- Grant


>> Has anyone tried the Real-Time kernel with Gentoo?
>>
>> http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>
>> Does anyone know if there are RT sources in an overlay anywhere?
>>
>> - Grant