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rockedge

This is a build of tahr-6.0.6-uefi with a real time kernel

Download Link -> http://rockedge.org/kernels/

Smithy · Joined: 12 Dec 2011 Posts: 1060

hi rockedge, just been running your kernel up the flagpole for a couple of days. Running nicely and low latency in jack/qtractor.
Hard Info/ Available entropy in dev/random=healthy.
A non pae version would be good if you ever feel inclined. Just noticed how pae kernels really use up the ram on little computers.

ITSMERSH · Joined: 02 May 2018 Posts: 911

Hi.

I want to try this by changing the kernels in my Art Studio (tahr602). Do I need to rename the kernel modules sfs to the zdrv sfs?

If not, how to load at boot?

rockedge · Posted: Tue 11 Sep 2018, 10:58 Post subject:

download the kernel
in your installed frugal puppy delete or rename vmlinuz and zdrv_xxx_xxx.sfs Something like vmlinuz-original and zdrv_xxx_xxx.sfs.original

now extract the kernel you downloaded. there are 2 files copy those into your frugal install and rename them to match the vmlinuz and zdrv_xxx_xxx.sfs you deleted or renamed

reboot.

that is all there is to it. and for you I would try the full rt version...I have been using LMMS to test and so far good results. on Tahr, Xenial and Bionic all 3 just built using woof-CE

rockedge · Posted: Tue 11 Sep 2018, 15:04 Post subject:

a bionicpup fresh from woof-CE out-fitted with the 4.14.63-rt37 Full RT kernel

roadkill13 · Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 153 Location: United States

I changed to this kernel in XenialPup 7.5. It works quite well on my rig.

rockedge · kernel 4.14.63-rt37_full-rt_nopae

Smithy · Joined: 12 Dec 2011 Posts: 1060

Thanks for making that available. I tried it on my little netbook, but it took a lot of ram up. Is it definitely no-pae?
When I boot up with a pae kernel, the ram container on the desktop is always kind of half empty, but say with Joseph's pupjibaro (non pae) 3.17xx it is full.

darry19662018 · Joined: 31 Mar 2018 Posts: 637 Location: Rakaia

Thank you Rockedge for this updated Tahr with a newer kernel runs sweetly on my Dell D620. Very Happy

rockedge · Posted: Fri 14 Sep 2018, 07:23 Post subject:

Smithy, I double checked and the kernel is definitely no-pae

I will test to see what the RAM usage looks like on my IBM ThinkPad T-42 using this tahr and kernel combo....

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12724 Location: S.C. USA

What is the difference in a RT kernel and a normal kernel?

Does the RT kernel give you something you need?
Some added features?

rockedge · Posted: Fri 14 Sep 2018, 08:15 Post subject:

a very general rule of thumb

Smithy · Joined: 12 Dec 2011 Posts: 1060

Thanks Rockedge, I was running it in Artful, possibly I need to tweak the initrd.gz or something. I made an only i915 barebones Artful for my netbook, but the pae's are not very good with it.

Moat · Joined: 16 Jul 2013 Posts: 967 Location: Mid-mitten

ITSMERSH · Joined: 02 May 2018 Posts: 911

Hi.

I'm using the real time kernel now for a few days and it seems to be pretty stable.

Though, the problem I was hoping to solve by the use of a real time kernel still remains. Getting Xrun some frames might be lost messages still in Qtractor. I'm using it in combination with Hydrogen and ZynAddSubFx. The Xrun some frames might be lost messages appearing only on the ZynAddSubFx tracks and they disappear when muting single tracks (which couldn't be of any solution). Confused