I built a Gentoo audio system a little over a month ago. I kept a weblog of the whole thing. http://www.fallingforward.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=62 Regarding the gentoo-mm sources, I could not run that kernel with my hardware. It would compile but kernel panic when I rebooted. Strangely enough, I had to take the kernel config from a Mandrake installation, and plug it into a stock kernel from kernel.org to get not only low-latency but also DMA to work. My gentoo system is alright now, but Rosegarden won't build, due to some obscure little dependancy conflicts documented here: http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/rosegarden/faq.html#toc13 And the most super obscure problem that just happened is Rosegarden CVS won't autoconf because it thinks gentoo's autoconf version is 2.13 when the package manager says it's 2.57-r1! -l[e^2] ------------------------------ http://www.fallingforward.net/ people experimenting with music, art and technology On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Chris wrote: > Finally, another gentoo user! > > I am not sure about the mm-sources, but I do know that other sources > come with preemptable kernel and low latency, like the gentoo source, > gaming sources and I beleive that the ac-sources do as well. > > I am building a machine to do just this (ordering parts today, infact), > and was wondering the same thing. I asked this question on the gentoo > forum here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49131&highlight= > > I received some advice there, but I did not get the prolific response I > was hoping for however. I hope someone else has something > earth-shattering to say here :0). > > Good luck on your quest anthony, I will be watching this thread as well! > > Chris > > > > > Anthony wrote: > > >Have any of the many gentoo users tried the mm-sources. Is it > >just the low-latency patch? Does this mean anything for 2.5 and > >now, wow, I see 2.6? > > > >--ant > > > > > > > >
