From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:06:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:06:02 -0400 Received: from barry.mail.mindspring.net ([207.69.200.25]:55601 "EHLO barry.mail.mindspring.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:05:59 -0400 Subject: Re: Encouraging results from 2.4.10-pre14 + preempt From: Robert Love To: J Sloan Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <3BAD2F22.6E151CBD@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3BAD2F22.6E151CBD@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Evolution-Format: text/plain X-Mailer: Evolution/0.13.99+cvs.2001.09.21.20.26 (Preview Release) Date: 22 Sep 2001 23:06:26 -0400 Message-Id: <1001214391.872.36.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 20:38, J Sloan wrote: > I am very encouraged by the latest linus kernel, and > thought I'd pass this along - I appreciate this. > Highlights - > ------------ > - There was absolutely no mp3 skipping during dbench 16 & 32. > - There was minor skipping during dbench 40, when load was near 40. > - Best of all, the desktop remained completely responsive the entire > time. This is great. While I am sure all three of this points wouldn't be true without preempt patch, I would be interested in seeing your opinion of the comparison between with and without, if you had the time. Also comparing the dbench would be nice, but you must be careful to replicate the system similarly. Thanks much for the feedback, -- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net