[PlanetCCRMA] RT kernel, jack, freebob

[Adam Swift]

Len <lenb_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> So, I guess the easiest fix is to buy a firewire ExpressCard with a   
> TI chipset for the laptop?  According to Presonus, a StarTech   
> EC13942 should do it:

If you can find one, that sounds perfect.

> If I do go that route, should I then disable the onboard (Ricoh)   
> firewire device?  I'm not exactly sure how to do that - would I do   
> it in the BIOS and/or elsewhere?

That's probably a good idea, otherwise you might get strange  
conflicts. I imagine it would be in the BIOS as most BIOSs I've seen  
allow you to disable all the controllers on the board individually. It  
just might take a bit of poking around to find it :P

> Does it also make sense to disable the onboard sound (HDA Intel), or  
>  does it not really matter?

Probably doesn't matter. I'd only bother if you get problems.

> Thanks again for the info!

No worries. Here's what I do for rtirq, too, which is important:  
http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/IRQ_Threading_and_Priorities
Although seeing the only audio I use is the firepod, I could probably  
run jack at 74 or 69 and it would be even better... I'm not sure  
exactly what "snd" is so perhaps 69 would be safest.

Adam