Re: Low latency patch worth the fuss?
iwk <debian@vanderkleyn.com> schrieb:
> I'm just ripping a few CDs' with Grip and even with nice level -20 for
> both ripping & encoding the system "drags" noticeably. The kernel low
> latency patch should in theory offer a solution by improving on the
> resposiveness of the system. But does it in practice? Is it really worth
> the fuss of recompiling the stock (debian) kernel which is working fine?
> Anyone got any practical experience?
No that has nothing to do with low latency. Ripping in 2.4 kernels only works in PIO mode... Your cpu load should be very high. You could test a cdaudio-DMA patch from Andrew Morton. The latest version (2.4.20-pre5) applies with offsets to 2.4.21 but still works correctly.
You can find it somewhere here: http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/2.4/
Low Latency together with the preemptive kernel patch improve circumstances like playing a video without hickhucks and compiling a kernel at the same time.
Hope that helps.
*Kristian
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