From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.fidnet.com (one.fidnet.com [216.229.64.71]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F6DB2015D8A for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:23:00 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 16268 invoked from network); 1 Mar 2002 19:20:23 -0000 Received: from mailman.fidnet.com (HELO Debug) (216.229.80.56) by one.fidnet.com with SMTP; 1 Mar 2002 19:20:22 -0000 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org From: Tod M.Neidt Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-user] a preempt patch lament Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:20:23 GMT X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Professional Edition v3.0.35 Message-Id: <20020301192300.1F6DB2015D8A@chiba.3jane.net> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 5600bdbb-76fb-4457-8f07-7ff9d58699f0 X-Archives-Hash: c667e9d3076263e8189d7e64162d322f > Michael Cohen (mjc) and Shawn (shawnX) in #kernelnewbies are working on > this as we speak. -aa doesn't really give us any viable options for > good desktop performance, so we're moving to an -ac kernel augmented > with XFS and -preempt (as an option for desktops). So far, we have > everything but -preempt working. It applies cleanly but does not > actually do anything. Michael Cohen is working on a fix, and when he > has one I'll roll out a new kernel. -ac also includes -rmap which is a > great performance enhancer for the desktop. > Hi Daniel! You may have already see this, but the Jörg Prante tree (2.4.18-jp6) looks interesting. I might give it a spin. See http://lwn.net/daily/#t27 Regards, tod --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Fidelity Networks, Inc Mailman Professional. http://www.fidnet.com/