On 11/14/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 03:54 +0100, David wrote:
> But there would be no point in using the realtime LSM or the RT rlimit > on a non RT kernel. True ? No, not true. Normal kernels can run realtime applications too. They just don't perform as well.
Right. And vanilla kernels perform well enough for most audio applications to work just fine. At this point, the RT kernel patch is really only necessary for squeezing out very low latency. One could argue that RT kernels should provide more reliable realtime operation (fewer glitches), but this must be balanced against the extra risk of running a non-standard kernel. Which is *actually* more reliable can best be determined by testing your own applications on your own system. -- joq
