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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26533086

Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The issues are mainly under high CPU load. A RT kernel will continue to maintain low latency without xruns but a normal kernel may not. The compromise option is full preemption which generally does a good job but doesn't have the issues with throughput that can occur with a RT kernel.

Although maybe you meant full when you indicated a preemptive kernel (voluntary preemption is still the default I believe but it's kernel dependent).