On Sunday 26 September 2004 04:06 pm, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 12:50, Barton Bosch wrote: > > This may be semi-OT for this list but it does relate somewhat in > > regards to burning CDs and eventually using the 2.6 kernels for low > > latency audio, etc. > > > > My production distro is a Planet CCRMA RH 9 installation. I also > > have an installation of FC2 that I use for graphics and will > > eventually be migrating to. For me, using FC2 and the 2.6 kernels > > is edgy enough -- I don't have enough knowledge and experience to be > > much use as a beta tester. > > > > With those caveats in mind, is there a particular 2.6 kernel that > > would be better than either 1) the kernel that was shipped with my > > FC2 disks, or 2) the most recently released kernel (2.6.8-1.521)? > > I have released a couple of "experimental" 2.6.8+ kernels that include > the voluntary preemption patches by Ingo Molnar. They are getting better > all the time. You could try them in your FC2 box by following the > instructions here (if you have already installed Planet CCRMA in your > FC2 box, of course): Are the .src rpms for these builds available in the Planet's site? I looked for them but could not see. I want to recompile and try this kernel on another rpm based distro... R~ > > http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2004-August/005879.htm >l > > > Where can I find more info about the various kernels and other > > updates as they are released? > > Kernels specific for Planet CCRMA are announced in its mailing list. I > guess the place for generic announcements would be the linux kernel > mailing list. > > > Does anyone have any advice as to an > > FC2 update strategy other than running `# yum update` every week > > or so? > > For Planet CCRMA that would be apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. I > have yum support in my list of things to do but have not had time to > implement it yet. > > -- Fernnado -- The Road of Life is paved with Squirrels that couldn't make a decision!
