<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jussi Schultink</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jussi01@ubuntu.com">jussi01@ubuntu.com</a>></span><br> Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:33 PM<br>Subject: Low latency kernel in Lucid<br>To: UbuntuStudio Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ubuntustudio@lists.ubuntustudio.org">ubuntustudio@lists.ubuntustudio.org</a>>, Ubuntu Studio Development & Technical Discussion <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> <br><br>Hi all, I received the following from Alessio regarding the Low latency kernel. Please test and write to the kernel team so we can have this in lucid and make ubuntu studio better!<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> -----------------------------</div> <div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">I would like to remind you how large the advantages are to have a<br>-lowlatency kernel flavour.<br> <br>Providing a lowlatency kernel allows us to have a kernel that is _very_ stable (like -generic because it is the same code without modifications and<br>only with a different configuration) but with very good performance<br> out of the box.<br>Moreover, to have it in the form of a kernel flavour means that it keeps up <span style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)">to date with the -generic kernel without our intervention.</span><br> In this way we can avoid recomending kernel-rt to most of our users thus avoid<br>it's bugs and its continual trailing version of the generic kernel.<div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"><br><br>What you can do for help?<br> <br>1) Test the kernel ( <a href="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~abogani/" target="_blank">http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~abogani/</a> ) and write an email to <a href="mailto:kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com" style="color:rgb(87, 151, 176)" target="_blank">kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> </div>with your comments (I hope that they are enthusiastic) (the packages will work on both karmic and lucid, however closed source graphics drivers will not be available)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">2) Write to email to the above requesting this kernel flavour<br> 3) Write directly to Tim Gardner endorsing it<div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"><br><br>In short we could also use it as default kernel!<br><br>P.s.<br></div>If you need of some background:<div style="color:rgb(80, 0, 80)"> <br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-January/008385.html" style="color:rgb(87, 151, 176)" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-January/008385.html</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-January/008570.html" style="color:rgb(87, 151, 176)" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-January/008570.html</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-February/008587.html" style="color:rgb(87, 151, 176)" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-February/008587.html</a><br></div><div> <br></div></span></div> </div><br>