Messages in this thread | | | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.72-mm3 O(1) interactivity enhancements | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:56:21 +1000 |
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:54, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 16:15, Con Kolivas wrote: > > For those who aren't familiar, you've utilised the secret desktop weapon: > > > > + if (!(p->time_slice % MIN_TIMESLICE) && > > > > This is not how Ingo intended it. This is my desktop bastardising of the > > patch. It was originally about 50ms (timeslice granularity). This changes > > it to 10ms which means all running tasks round robin every 10ms - this is > > what I use in -ck and is great for a desktop but most probably of > > detriment elsewhere. Having said that, it does nice things to desktops > > :-) > > I lost the track to Ingo's patch sometime ago, so I borrowed it from > your latest patchset ;-) It does really nice things on desktops. It > brings 2.5 to a new life on my 700Mhz laptop. > > What impact would have increasing MIN_TIMESLICE from 10 to, let's say, > 50?
It stops being helpful :) 50 was the default Ingo used but this was far too long for say X to be waiting just to get to move the mouse again - this is why the mouse movement is so much less jerky with this set to 10.
Con
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