From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266687AbUHONf1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:35:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266686AbUHONf1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:35:27 -0400 Received: from mail015.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.161]:37049 "EHLO mail015.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266687AbUHONfD (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:35:03 -0400 Message-ID: <411F6679.5080008@kolivas.org> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:34:49 +1000 From: Con Kolivas User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux kernel mailing list , ck kernel mailing list Subject: 2.6.8.1-ck1 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEDF1A3A8D57B6152D33D4684" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEDF1A3A8D57B6152D33D4684 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Patchset update. These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness with specific emphasis on the desktop, but configurable to any workload. Web site with faq: http://kernel.kolivas.org Patches: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.8.1/2.6.8.1-ck1/ Added since 2.6.7-ck6: +sched-adjust-p4gain tiny p4HT nice handling optimisation +1g_lowmem_i386.diff Allows 1Gb of ram to be used without enabling highmem +kiflush1.diff A slow cache clearing memory defragmenter for desktop (see web page faq); *Rather unorthodox and orthogonal thing to do but is beneficial on the desktop*. +token-thrashing-control.patch Rik's swap-thrash control patches +*latency* A number of low latency hacks from Andrew Morton Changed: ~from_2.6.8.1_to_staircase7.I Staircase scheduler updated to latest ~schediso2.5.diff Tiny sched_iso change for optimal compatibility with s7.I ~hard_swappiness1.diff A tiny relaxation of the "hard swappiness" algorithm to allow mapped pages to swap out below the vm_swappiness watermark if extreme memory pressure is occurring (prevents oom). Merged: ~cfq1.fix ~cfq2.fix ~cfq3.fix ~cfq-bad-allocation2.fix ~crq-fixes.diff ~1100_ip_tables.patch ~1105_CAN-2004-0497.patch ~1110_proc.patch Removed: -bootsplash-3.1.4-sp3-2.6.7.diff Framebuffer code changed too dramatically and code getting difficult (ie a lot of work) to merge safely in current state. Full Patches: from_2.6.8.1_to_staircase7.I schedrange.diff schedbatch2.4.diff schediso2.5.diff sched-adjust-p4gain hard_swappiness1.diff supermount-ng204.diff.bz2 defaultcfq.diff config_hz.diff 1g_lowmem_i386.diff kiflush1.diff token-thrashing-control.patch __cleanup_transaction-latency-fix.patch filemap_sync-latency-fix.patch jbd-recovery-latency-fix.patch journal_clean_checkpoint_list-latency-fix.patch kjournald-smp-latency-fix.patch prune_dcache-latency-fix.patch slab-latency-fix.patch truncate_inode_pages-latency-fix.patch unmap_vmas-smp-latency-fix.patch 9000-SuSE-117-writeback-lat.patch 2.6.8.1-ck1-version.diff Cheers, Con --------------enigEDF1A3A8D57B6152D33D4684 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBH2Z8ZUg7+tp6mRURAqa7AJwINAXA9aK4x/nrNnaFH3nc8xf3awCeMqo2 ifbrWHA0QIAHOhgacQ9HVEI= =kV2c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEDF1A3A8D57B6152D33D4684--