From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267904AbUHWWrg (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:47:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268128AbUHWWrX (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:47:23 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:36489 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267705AbUHWWlU (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:41:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.8.1-P8 From: Lee Revell To: Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <20040823210151.GA10949@elte.hu> References: <20040816040515.GA13665@elte.hu> <1092654819.5057.18.camel@localhost> <20040816113131.GA30527@elte.hu> <20040816120933.GA4211@elte.hu> <1092716644.876.1.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040817080512.GA1649@elte.hu> <20040819073247.GA1798@elte.hu> <20040820133031.GA13105@elte.hu> <20040820195540.GA31798@elte.hu> <20040821140501.GA4189@elte.hu> <20040823210151.GA10949@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093300882.826.28.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:41:23 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 17:01, Ingo Molnar wrote: > i've uploaded the -P8 patch: > > http://redhat.com/~mingo/voluntary-preempt/voluntary-preempt-2.6.8.1-P8 > > Changes since -P8: > > - fixes the DRI/DRM latency in radeon (and other drivers). The concept > was investigated/tested by Dave Airlie. > > - reduce netdev_max_backlog to 8 (Mark H Johnson) > Should this fix the 500+ usec latency I saw in rt_garbage_collect? This one took a while to occur (overnight). Lee