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Welcome to the Linux Audio Workgroup - The LAW wiki!

The purpose is to create Linux audio best practices documentation, both for distributions as well as for users.

Initial list of topics:

• Kernel configuration

• Preemption model

• PREEMPT_NONE
• PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
• PREEMPT__LL
• PREEMPT_RTB
• PREEMPT_RT_FULL

• Ticker vs dynamic ticks
• High resolution timers

• Kernel tuning
• Userspace configuration

• PAM rights

• rtprio
• memlock
• nofile

• /dev/cpu_dma_latency
• /dev/rtc
• /dev/hpet
• Access to audio devices

• Topics to investigate