[fluid-dev] Kernel system timer and fluidsynth performance on PPC/Linux

[Ebrahim Mayat]

Hello All

While this comparison is not strictly scientifically correct, I just  
tried fluidsynth and qsynth for live playing under two different  
kernels with different system timer settings:

1.kernel 2.6.15-rc5 patched with the rt-lsm patch where the system  
timer has a default setting of 250 Hz.

2. A later kernel release (2.6.17.3) which also had the option of  
setting the system timer i.e. patched with rt-lsm + system timer set  
to 1000 Hz.

Generally, I found that the first kernel was almost perfect with  
little or no audio dropouts and distortion while problems of audio  
dropouts and distortion were quite prevalent using the second kernel.

Is this also the case with Intel/Linux ?

E