[PD] anyone want OSC (or other externs) compiled for ppc-linux?

[dafydd hughes]

Oh - I see.  Yeah.  Not having to patch the kernel would be great, as
that was where things were falling apart.

Thanks, Frank.

cheers
dafydd

On 6/29/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> dafydd hughes hat gesagt: // dafydd hughes wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the advice, Frank.  Does this howto apply for ppc also?
>
> I think so, but I don't run ppc-linux. I just wanted to express that
> in many cases it is not necessary anymore to patch the kernel for
> superdooperlow latency anymore as what the stock kernel provides is
> really very good now. I'm currently running 2.6.16 and I'm very happy
> with it. IIRC Lee Revell recommended 2.6.15 in his talk on kernel
> latency at the Linux Audio Conference [1], but I guess any recent
> version (say >= 2.6.14) should be fine.
>
> Of course it always depends on what exactly you want to do, but unless
> you target latencies below 2 or 3 ms, a stock kernel will do just fine
> and it will save you 1) a lot of headache over trying to follow a
> moving target like the rt-patches and 2) a lot of time, which is
> better invested in patching.
>
> [1] http://lac.zkm.de/2006/proceedings.shtml#lee_revell
>
> Ciao
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