[ubuntu-studio-users] RT Kernel compile and install help needed

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:25:07 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Hiho ;)
> 
> I'm job hunting and really short in time, but I'm willing to help this
> novice. Assumed I need more time for my private problems, than just a
> week, could somebody of you, Len, Mike or Kaj please lend the OP a
> helping hand. Take a look at [1] and [2].
> 
> TIA,
> Ralf
> 
> [1]
> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 13:33:53 +0100
> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
> To: linux-rt-users at vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: RT Kernel compile and install help needed.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 17:09:13 +0530
> Chanchal Paul <paulchanchal.ece at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am fairly new to kernel compilation and installation process,
> > still i managed to learn from Kernelnewbies and RT-wiki and managed
> > to patch 3.12.14 vanilla kernel with rt patch 3.14.12. Then I
> > followed the steps and installed rt-kernel in my lubuntu vm. While
> > doing make menuconfig, i selected preemtion model as BASIC-RT from
> > processor type and features option. It worked.
> > 
> > Now my confusion arises when i see my uname -a string as [Linux
> > paul-lubuntu 3.14.12-rt9 #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue Oct 28 13:30:27 UTC 2014
> > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux] which indicated that i have a
> > preemptive kernel installed. but the c program from RT_PREEMPT_HOWTO
> > section of RTwiki website for Runtime detection of an RT-PREEMPT
> > Kernel only prints [this is a vanilla kernel]. So, my question is
> > am I running a vanilla kernel or a real-time kernel? If I am not
> > then what are the steps to properly install a real-time kernel?
> > 
> > Thanking you for giving attention to my mail.
> 
> Assume you should use Debian/Ubuntu or Arch Linux I can help you to
> build a kernel-rt package. As long as RT isn't mentioned in the uname
> -a string, you don't run a kernel-rt. Did you copy the original
> config of your installed distros's kernel, run make oldconfig and
> cared about questions regarding RT?
> 
> Please consider to ask such a question at
> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user instead of this
> list.
> 
> [2]
> -------- Forwarded Message --------From: Ralf Mardorf
> <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> To: linux-rt-users at vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: RT Kernel compile and install help needed.
> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 13:47:22 +0100
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> 
> > lubuntu
> 
> Oops ;).
> 
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> I'm short in time now, but within the next days I can explain how to
> compile the kernel-rt and building a package for *buntu.