On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 09:36, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > 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... Yes, they are available, look at: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/SRPMS/ -- Fernando
