From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751876AbXCHOJD (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:09:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751874AbXCHOJD (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:09:03 -0500 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:10614 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751876AbXCHOJC (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:09:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:08:24 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: kernel@kolivas.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RSDL test Message-ID: <20070308140822.GA3392@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Con, One thing that has annoyed me greatly lately, is that scrolling in firefox very quickly becomes a huge pain if you have any load on your box. I typically do make -j4 kernel builds on my laptop (core duo), and try to stay out of firefox for that period simply because it's not very responsive (to the point of being really annoying). A pseudo test of running two $ while true; do a=1; done produces the same result, firefox is unusable. So seeing your post, I gave it a spin. Works great for me, much better than the stock 2.6.21-rc3 wrt interactive feel. I know this is a subjective test, but believe me, there's a world of difference. -- Jens Axboe