Re: Linux 2.6.0-test6
From: bill davidsen (davidsen_at_tmr.com)
Date: 10/09/03
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To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: 9 Oct 2003 18:44:56 GMT
In article <ddcbaa61f5ab6ec90c71a70bb3990b49@stdbev.com>,
Jason Munro <jason@stdbev.com> wrote:
| 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.
I really like my "np15a" patch, but it doesn't seem to play well with
preempt in terms of performance. Stability is fine so far.
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