Re: CFS not suitable for desktop computers

Chris Friesen
2009-05-04T21:01:47Z

Nico Schümann wrote:
> Thank you Ray Lee and Mike Galbraith for your responses, I ran the
> script and attached its gathered information.
>
> Mike Galbraith wrote:
>> How hard is hard? Can you describe the loads you're having trouble
>> with, and the hardware you're running them on?
>>
>>
> I could reproduce "hard" load by just compiling the linux kernel, make
> -j3 while reading mails with Thunderbird, which is not that hard
> foreground load. Thunderbird starts reacting really slowly while compiling.

I wonder if this could be related to I/O rather than the task scheduler
proper.

Chris