what chipset does it have? On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Brian David <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Scott Lavender > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Brian, >> >> A few thoughts about the -rt kernel. >> >> My understanding is that the -rt kernel is a product of the -generic >> kernel with a -rt patch that is provide from upstream. Ingo NMolnar use to >> make the patch, but I believe someone, or a couple of someones, make it >> now. It should be noted that this patch was neither created nor available >> for all released kernel versions. >> >> This yields trouble keeping the kernel versions in Ubuntu Studio and >> Ubuntu aligned, which is desirable to many, many peoples and groups. >> Therefore, the official decision was to remove the -rt kernel was removed >> from the official archives (repositories). >> >> However, we are working towards getting the -lowlatency kernel into the >> official archives and hope to have that as the default installed kernel in >> Ubuntu Studio. >> >> That being said, many people still prefer the -rt kernel, among these I >> believe firewire audio interface users are the primary audience. >> >> As noted, Alessio has a PPA with the -rt kernel, which appears to be >> version 2.6.33. I should note that the kernel is maverick is 2.6.35, so >> using the -rt kernel from Alessio's PPA may yield better performance but >> with the loss of some hardware drivers and other improvements. This may not >> be a problem from some people, but it should be noted so that people are >> aware of the possibility. >> >> Finally, you might have experienced optimal (or at least satisfactory) >> results with the previous -rt kernel. This may have been the 2.6.31 -rt >> kernel. I contrast this with the 2.6.33 -rt kernel currently in Alessio's >> PPA. >> >> I hope this provides some useful information. >> >> If you have further questions, or if anyone has corrections to anything I >> said, please reply. >> >> Regards, >> ScottL >> >> > That all makes sense. I'll do some more testing with Alessio's kernels and > see if I can get them to work well. > > Mike, I have been able to get this particular MacBook to run very solid in > the past, so I know it's possible. > > -- > -Brian David > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > -- MH http://www.myspace.com/mikeholstein http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/
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