Last call (was "Natty and RT Kernel)

[David Henningsson]

On 2010-10-04 16:27, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Alessio,
great that you want to manage these kernels!

> If you would want help in kernel stuff for Ubuntu Studio please reply
> to these questions:
>
> Which are kernels on you are interested in? The -rt, -lowlatency or -realtime?

I'm mostly curious about -lowlatency, but unfortunately I haven't got 
around to test it. I think -preempt is a server kernel? Could you also 
say that -lowlatency is the desktop version of -preempt?

Is there a difference between -rt and -realtime, except that your 
-realtime seems more updated than -rt? Do you think we should replace 
the official linux-rt, with your linux-realtime?

(I read your post on 
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-March/009323.html but 
couldn't find the answer to those two questions there.)

> Which kernels you use on per day basis (so you can provide at least
> test and feedback)?

Currently I use the generic kernel.

> How do you would want help (test, packaging, upstream relation, Ubuntu
> relation, Studio relation and so on)?

First I think I need to educate myself and get some hands-on experience 
of the lowlatency kernel. I need to understand when you should use one 
kernel or another.

I've been working with audio issues, and since two months back I'm a 
part of the Ubuntu/Canonical kernel team. (I e quirking HDA hardware ;-) )
I'm a little new in this land, and haven't followed kernel development 
closely until now, so I'd also like to ask you - do you feel you have 
the support you need from the kernel-team's side for maintaining these 
kernels?

> Which Ubuntu releases do you would want see well supported for
> that/those kernels? Every releases or only LTS?

I think we need to have it for every release, to get the best possible 
testing and quality of these kernels. If that's possible?

> Please reply only if you want help.

Just to clarify, did you mean "if you need help" (you help me) or "if 
you want to help" (I help you) ?

-- 
David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd.
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