Re: [proaudio] AMD64/2.6.17-rt1 - running here

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Colin,

linux-2.6.17-rcX is a 'release candidate'. When patched with Ingo's RT
stuff it becomes linux-2.6.17-rcX-rtY which is a 'release candidate
with real-time support'.

2.6.17, a mainline/stable kernel, was just released. Previously the
2.6.17-rc(1,2,3,4,5,6) release candidates were for testing and
feedback to the kernel developers. Personally I don't normally run a
release candidate until the kernel developers are sounding like it's
pretty stable. That usually means -rc4 or higher in my experience.
(Which is not that much experience!)

I have been running linux-2.6.17-rc6-rt3 (a release candidate kernel)
for the last few weeks, and before that the very late stages of
linux-2.6.16-rt25(a stable kernel)  when the AMD64 support got
finished.

Hope that helps clear up a bit of the confusion.

Cheers,
Mark


On 6/19/06, Colin Shapiro <cmshapiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >    linux-2.6.17-rt1 is new as of yesterday. My previous conversations
> >
>
>
> > here were concerning linux-2.6.16-rt25 or so and getting that series
> > working with help from the kernel developers.
>
>
> Hmmm... then I was probably thinking of a 2.6.17-rt release candidate, since
> I am sure I have had a 2.6.17 kernel running on my ~amd64 proaudio install
> for about a week now.  Unless I am completely misremembering?  If there were
> specific issues with -rt1, then I probably just missed them.
>
> I'll probably try it out soon, anyway.
>
> - Colin