Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc6 | From | Daniel Goller <> | Date | 31 May 2003 19:39:12 -0500 |
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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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