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    SubjectRe: Linux 2.4.21-rc6
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    On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 06:12, Michael Frank wrote:
    > On Saturday 31 May 2003 15:06, Daniel Goller wrote:
    > > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 15:52, Mike Fedyk wrote:
    > > > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 02:08:51PM -0500, Daniel Goller
    > wrote:
    > > > > i tried 2.4.21-rc6 as i was told it might fix the
    > > > > mouse stalling on heavy disk IO problem and i would
    > > > > like to report that it DOES fix them for the most
    > > > > part, even certain compiles/benchmarks/stress tests
    > > > > that could stall my pc for seconds now affect the
    > > > > mouse for mere fractions of one second, situations
    > > > > that used to cause short stalls are now a thing of
    > > > > the past
    > > > >
    > > > > 2.4.21-rc6 is the best kernel i have tried to date
    > > > > and i have tried many on my quest to get a smooth
    > > > > mouse
    > > >
    > > > There are reports that 2.4.18 also "fixed" the problems
    > > > with the mouse. Can you verify?
    > >
    >
    > Yes, it performs similar to -rc6 but not nearly as good as
    > 2.5.70.
    >
    > On 2.5.70 the mouse is really smooth all the time, scrollong
    > of large pages in opera is fairly smooth most the time also
    > with large disk io loads such as the script i posted
    > earlier.
    >
    > Regards
    > Michael
    >

    unfortunately the radeon dri is broken in 2.5.70 so i havent tried that
    much, need to see if someone already suggests a fix for this unused int
    (it seems unused to me, after a *quick* look through the file) i guess i
    will have to subscribe now to lkml


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