Err, Kenneth . . . not kennel . . . ^^ On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 1:13 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kennel, google PREEMPT RT if you want to know what rt *is*. You'll find > plenty of information on the subject. In short though, the RT kernel is a > lower latency kernel. Meaning processes should "hog" CPU time less. > > As far as the 4.x kernel in General, for the most part it is fine, but > there are a few things that do not seem to work correctly. But that is why > the kernel is testing. You test it for your purpose, and if something > doesn't work you report it to Robert, and perhaps the issue then get fixed > very quickly. > > I can tell you that at least for me the 4.x kernel is noticeably more > responsive than older kernels. > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Kenneth Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Robert, do you have a link discussing pros/cons of which kernel to use; >> for example, what does "rt" give? Also, x-ti vs x? >> >> On 15-12-16 02:44 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Kenneth Martin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Robert, I haven't used dtb-rebuilder, does one need to recompile the >>>> Kernel >>>> to use it? Also, in the main dts, it appears only spi0 is enabled, but >>>> I use >>>> spi1 due to pin conflicts on the BBB cape headers; does dtb-rebuilder >>>> support spi1? >>>> >>> So the "dtb-rebuilder" just rebuilds the dtb files.. >>> >>> But stay with the correct abi... >>> >>> For "v4.1.x-ti/v4.1.x-rt-ti" kernels, use the "4.1-ti" branch >>> >>> git clone -b 4.1-ti https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder >>> dtb-4.1-ti >>> >>> For "v4.1.x-bone/v4.1.x-rt-bone" use the 4.1.x branch" >>> >>> git clone -b 4.1.x https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder >>> dtb-4.1.x >>> >>> By default these will generate the exact same *.dtb's that are >>> installed by the linux-image-xyz >>> >>> You can customize them however you want: >>> >>> >>> to build/install: >>> >>> make >>> sudo make install >>> sudo reboot >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
