Re: [PATCH] patch-O1int-0306302317 for 2.5.73 interactivity

[Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 04:27, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > Buried deep in another mail thread was the latest implementation of my
> > O1int patch so I've brought it to the surface to make it clear this one
> > is significantly different from past iterations.
> >
> > Summary:
> > Decreases audio skipping with loads.
> > Smooths out X performance with load.
>
> I tried this with normal developer box type load on a slow box ie;
>
> 2x 400MHz 512MB source/build fs' on UW2 SCSI
> kernel: 2.5.72-mm3
>
> 2x make -j2 bzImage
> bk pull (linux-2.5 repo)
> cvs import of 2.5 tree
> navigating bk revtool (this normally causes pauses)
> read disk benchmark just to thrash IDE about a bit ;)
>
> Still a few MP3 pauses (due to bk revtool mainly) but mouse/keyboard
> response was good, there is however a vast improvement over 2.5.73
> stock (2-5s pauses with no keyboard/mouse response) for my particular
> workload.

Thanks for testing and working with me.

Please if others are testing and still having problems note this work is _not_ 
complete yet, but I do need to assess every incremental change to make sure 
it addresses the issue I am trying to fix at each step.

For what it's worth there are still at least 3 things I need to 
implement/change in this patch which induce problems still, so tell me of 
your experiences and I will try hard to accomodate.

Con