On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Eric Hedekar <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Scott Lavender > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Kenneth Koym <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ScottL, your statement boggles my mind. Could you rewrite it so it says >>> what you mean to say. You ask the recipient to be careful --- okay. You talk >>> about a real-time kernel and an older kernel. Then you say, "However,,, " >>> What do you mean ScottL. Say it without all the extras! >>> Kenneth >>> >> >> >> Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio include the 2.6.35 kernel in a default >> installation in lucid (10.04). >> >> A real-time 2.6.35 kernel is not available in any of the official >> repositories in Ubuntu. >> >> The linked documentation to upgrade to Ubuntu Studio suggests installing >> the linux-rt package. >> >> The linux-rt pacakge for lucid (10.04) is a 2.6.31kernel with real-time >> preemption. Note that this is an older kernel version. >> >> >> Therefore, if Aradnix complied absolutely with the documentation's >> suggestions he would experience a regression in kernel version. >> >> Real-time preemption would be gained but the older kernel version (2.6.31) >> may not include some particular hardware driver that was included in the >> default installed kernel (2.6.35) included with Lucid. This may or may not >> be a problem depending on his hardware. >> >> > Just a quick technicality correction Scott, Lucid 10.04 ships with the > 2.6.32 kernel, not the 2.6.35. The facts you state are true of the 2.6.32 > (no RT patch, etc...). > > It should also be noted that the audio portion of Ubuntu Studio 10.04 > includes the new PREEMPT kernel flavour of 2.6.32 which I've found to be > suitable for audio work. > > -Eric > Thank you, Eric, you are completely correct! I reported the wrong kernel version for lucid. I realize now that I checked the manifest for the maverick (10.10) ISO instead of Lucid :( Speaking of the PREEMPT kernel, do you remember if any kernel other than -generic was going to be approved for the main repository? ScottL
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