On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:48:18PM +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote: > Florian Schmidt wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > > > On Monday 14 July 2008, Ken Restivo wrote: > >> Linux version 2.6.21-rt1-1 (root@asus) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 > > ^^^^^The version string shows it though :) > > > >> (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 3 00:41:41 PDT 2007 > >> > >> > >> No "RT" there, but I definitely know it is an RT kernel, because I patched > >> it myself. > > > > i'm afraid you're betting on the wrong horse :) > > you could have patched it alright (no doubt about that) and also set > EXTRAVERSION with the "-rt1-1" suffix, but, unless you've set > CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y you're not running a full-preeept RT kernel, that's > for sure. > > afaict, when one talks about a RT linux kernel, he/she's meaning that > CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y and then, trust me, the "RT" will appear in the > `uname -a` line output. > On my laptop, CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is set, but no "RT" appears in the uname -a line. It's definitely a RT kernel. I've been running it for a year now. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
