Messages in this thread | | | From | Dieter Nützel <> | Subject | Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:00:38 +0100 |
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On Monday, 14. January 2002 00:33, J Sloan wrote: > Dieter Nützel wrote:
> >I am, too. But more for 3D visualization/simulation (with audio). > > Certainly not conflicting goals!
Yes.
> >>Kernel > >>compilation time is the farthest thing from my > >>mind when e.g. playing Q3A! > > > >Q3A is _NOT_ changed in any case. Even some smoother system "feeling" with > > Q3A and UT 436 running in parallel on an UP 1 GHz Athlon II, 640 MB. > > That's odd - for me the low latency kernels give > not only a smoother feel, but also markedly higher > standing on average at the end of the game.
What did you see? During timedemo or avg fps?
> Perhaps your setup has something that is > mitigating the beneficial effects of the low > latency modifications? > > Are you running a non-ext2 filesystem?
Of course. All ReiserFS. I have normally posted that together with my preempt numbers. lock-brake has some code for ReiserFS in it. I did the testing for Robert.
> Do you have a video card that grabs the > bus for long periods?
Don't know. Any tools available for measuring? Latest development stuff for a Voodoo5 5500 AGP (XFree86 DRI CVS, mesa-4-branch). I am somewhat in the DRI development involved. Glide3/3DNow!
> And you set /proc/sys/kernel/lowlatency=1...
I think I hadn't forgetten that.
> >Have you seen something on any Win box? > > I have seen the games played on windoze and > have played at lan parties with win32 opponents > but I do not personally play games on windoze. > Lack of interest, I guess...
I meant both running together at the same time. Never seen that on a Windows box...
> On a kernel with both tux and preempt, upon > access to the tux webserver the kernel oopses > and tux dies. Not good when I depend on tux. > > OTOH the low latency patch plays quite well > with tux. As said, I have no anti-preempt agenda, > I just need for whatever solution I use to work, > and not crash programs and services we use.
Sure. I only want to know your problem.
> >Some latency numbers coming soon. > > Great!
With some luck tonight. It is 1 o'clock local time, here...
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