Atte Andr? Jensen <atte.jensen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I finally decided to see how well a low latency kernel will work on my > system. I guess the best performance will be with 2.4.x, right? "Best" depends on your needs and priorities. For lowest latency, 2.6.10 with Ingo Molnar's realtime preemption patches is currently the best. But, that requires considerable effort on your part. For less effort, 2.4.x with the lowlatency patches is solid and delivers good results. A recent, stable 2.6.x kernel is also an easy option. I'm getting as good or better LL results with vanilla 2.6.10 than with 2.4.19 and the LL patches. I have not tried 2.6.11 yet, but expect it to be even better. IMO, latency is no longer a reason to avoid 2.6 kernels. For the easiest solution, go with PlanetCCRMA (Fedora/RedHat) or AGNULA/DeMuDi (Debian). They've got this stuff all integrated and readily available for binary download. -- joq
