Okay, thanks for explaining the difference :-) ! Ill stick with the vanilla-kernel then. Matthias On Wednesday 03 October 2007 18:39:53 Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > > Matthias Schönborn hat gesagt: // Matthias Schönborn wrote: > > I've just read that there's a difference between a realtime-kernel and > > the low-latency-kernel provided by ubuntustudio. The text in the german > > wiki on ubuntuusers.de said, that a realtime-kernel is slightly better > > than the lowlatencykernel (http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Echtzeitkernel) - > > then why isn't it used in ubuntustudio? Or do I just mix something up? > > I think, this wiki and maybe Ubuntustudio as well are using a very > confusing terminology. > > Generally we have two kinds of kernels: The "vanilla" kernel as > downloadable on kernel.org and the same kernel, but patched with Ingo > Molnars RT-patches. The vanilla kernel, if configured properly with > CONFIG_PREEMPT etc., already gives very good performance in the low > latency department, enough for many users, even audio users. I run one > of these. > > If you want more, then you can install a RT-patched kernel, as is > provided in the linux-rt or linux-realtime packages. I would call the > Ingo-Molnar-patched kernels Realtime-Kernels or Low-Latency-Kernels. > > I would not call the vanilla kernel a "low latency" kernel. It's just > a vanilla kernel configured with CONFIG_PREEMPT, which happens to have > good low latency performance as well. But that alone shouldn't be > taken to give it a different name. It has good network performance, > too, but I still wouldn't call it a "network kernel" and it supports > USB keyboards, but still it's not a "USB keyboard kernel". That's a > bit silly. ;) > > Ciao _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
