On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 04:14, Larry Troxler wrote: > Well, since my installation (mostly RedHat 7.1) was getting to be a big mess, > with bits and pieces from different places, I decided the best way to get a > working C++ compiler was to get a new drive and do a fresh redhat 8.0 > installation :-) > > My immediate question: is ext3 bad news for real-time work? I saw some > linux-audio-dev list messages from people who were having freezes using it. The freezes were with a newer kernel, and with low-latency patches, when combined with ext3 I believe. > > Should I convert my filesystem back to ext2 (assuming there is a way) or not? There is a way, but don't bother. > > Which one in theory (assuming no bugs which seems to be the cause for the > freeze) should be better for low-latency work? I am using reiserfs. I think it's better for trying to get to the lowest latencies. That said, if you wanted to run at 5-10mS, probably either would be OK. I did a little work (very little actually) that Jan has published on his Evil Twin web site. Read it and make your own decisions. http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA_JACK_ARDOUR.html under section 2 > > Thanks in advance! > > Larry Troxler > > >
