Re: Linux 2.6.0-test6

From: Jason Munro (jason_at_stdbev.com)
Date: 10/03/03

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    On October 2, 7:07 pm Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au> wrote:
    >
    > Pedro Larroy wrote:
    >
    > > On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 01:05:36PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
    > > I'm afraid this selection criteria leads to a scheduler that isn't
    > > predictable for situations that aren't the ones for which is tuned to
    > > work. Of course I may be wrong, but to me, seems that saying
    > > explicitly which tasks are interactive sounds better.
    > >
    >
    > Have a look at my scheduler if you like. It won't estimate interactivity
    > but it works quite well if you nice -10 your X server. Ie. explicitly
    > state which process should be favoured.
    > http://www.kerneltrap.org/~npiggin/v15a/

    I don't know much about kernel internals but of the 2.5 and 2.6 kernels I
    have tried, 2.6.0-test6 is by far the best on the desktop for my use (xmms,
    vmware, firebird, loads of other apps). With this patch it's better still.
    Before patching simple things like ls or ps have an annoying slowness while
    under a moderate/heavy load. For the most part things are fine but after
    patching commands respond more quickly. This is the first time for me a
    2.5+ kernel has been responsive enough to use on a daily basis.

    Thanks everyone for the great work!

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