From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261874AbTFOFOs (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:14:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261876AbTFOFOs (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:14:48 -0400 Received: from c17870.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.248.224]:42913 "EHLO mail.kolivas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261874AbTFOFOq (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:14:46 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: linux kernel mailing list Subject: 2.4.21-ck1 Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 05:28:30 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306150528.30511.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org First formal release of ck patchset available for 2.4.21. http://kernel.kolivas.org Includes: O(1) with batch scheduler Preemptible Low Latency CK VM hacks Read Latency2 Variable Hz Scheduler Tunables Desktop Tweaks to the above extras available but not included in patchset for size and simplicity: Supermount v1.2.7 XFS filesystem ACPI Nvidia Nforce2 update Bootsplash Swap Prefetching CPU freq GRsec1.9.9h Optional VMs: Latest AA VM addons Rmap15j Still broken but available by request. Software Suspend 2.5 Interactivity changes Changes since 2.4.20-ck7: Resync with 2.4.21 I've modified the batch scheduler code to automatically make any userspace task that starts priority >18 as BATCH. More people will benefit from the batch scheduling feature without having to use the schedtools. The autoregulation changes to the default VM (affectionately known as CKVM even though it's only minor hacks to the 2.4 VM) has been reworked. It tries hard to avoid swapping out application pages unless your ram is full of applications and will cache data very aggressively when there is ram available. Read Latency 2 has been reintroduced after a short absence when the elevator fixes were found, as RL2 seems to help in other areas. The desktop tuning for this is a little less aggressive now that the elevator has been tamed. I left out the rest of the patches to minimise my bandwidth usage and let people pick and choose as often they only desire one of the following. Supermount is now the latest v1.2.7. XFS is a later snapshot. * Please test as I can't test this myself *. ACPI is snapshot 20030522 Bootsplash has been added and tested. GRsec 1.9.9h has been ported to -ck by popular demand. It remains untested but compiles ok. The AA VM addons were updated to the latest available. A fix for the combination of AAVM and XFS is also available. Rmap was updated to 15j Another attempt at including software suspend has been unsuccessful. The code compiles and boots ok but will trash a FS if you try to suspend. This is on the website just for interest at the moment. The FAQ has been updated as more Q become FA. Lots of older stuff has been removed from my website. Please test this one carefully. The patches that have been extensively tested so far are the default patch, supermount, acpi, bootsplash and swap prefetch. The other patches need more in the field testing. Feel free to send me comments, queries, suggestions, patches, bug-reports etc, but _first_ read the FAQ. Regards, Con Kolivas