[PlanetCCRMA] Kernel Source rpms.

Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Sun Dec 8 15:12:01 2002


> Could you explain this one a little?
> 
> > 
> > - copy the i686 configuration file you want to change:
> >   cp configs/kernel-2.4.19-i686.config .config
> > - do a "make xconfig", unselect the "preemptible kernel" option, I
> > think   it is in the processor section. 
> > - save the configuration and quite the configurator
> 
> I enabled the preemptible kernel stuff because I thought it was part 
> of the CCRMA low-latency kernel.  Did I goof?  I never noticed that 
> option before (at least in prior kernels).

The important thing to enable is the low latency patch. The preemptible
kernel patch improves the latency situation a little bit but it is not
as important as the ll patch(in my experience). I enable both in my
configurations...

-- Fernando