[64studio-devel] 0.9.5 is out

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 08:52 +0200, Quentin Harley wrote:
> High res should be a selectable feature, if it is not standard.
> 
> High res timers has been working fine on my system, and I even saw some (be
> it psychological) improvement on low latency handling for live work. Less
> xruns for the heavy stuff.
> 

High res timers have nothing to do with xruns.  The effect is certainly
psychological.

> We should not let all users be tied down to make the distro "standard".
> I know of a big Seattle-based software company that does just that.
> 
> Is it possible to let the installer check the CPU and install the relevant
> kernel?
> 

There's a big difference between tying everyone down and shipping an
experimental unstable feature.

There's no way to know a priori whether high res timers will work on a
given system, there are so many that have buggy LAPIC and other issues.

> Regards,
> Quentin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 64studio-devel-bounces at 64studio.com
> [mailto:64studio-devel-bounces at 64studio.com] On Behalf Of Lee Revell
> Sent: 24 October 2006 02:39
> To: joel silvestre
> Cc: 64studio-devel at 64studio.com
> Subject: Re: [64studio-devel] 0.9.5 is out
> 
> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 02:11 +0200, joel silvestre wrote:
> > Hi,
> > The new 2.6.18 kernel doesn't boot on my Intel core duo laptop.
> > So I reinstall 64studio 0.94 and upgrade to 0.95 from the CD with
> > synaptic.
> > Is it a good or a bad idea?
> > 
> > Jackd -V returns 0.100.0 and synaptic says 0.101.1-1.64studio is
> > installed. Where is the truth?
> > 
> > Are the 2.6.18 kernel sources available? I think the kernel hang because
> > of the timer. Disabling both hpet and hrt should help as it does for a
> > vanilla 2.6.18-rt7.
> 
> Does the 0.9.5 kernel enable high res timers?  I don't think it should.
> It's too new and experimental a feature.
> 
> Lee
> 
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