Messages in this thread | | | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: [BENCHMARK] O1int patch with contest | Date | Sat, 28 Jun 2003 01:40:08 +1000 |
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 01:28, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 16:41, Con Kolivas wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I've had some (off list) requests to see if the interactivity patch I > > posted shows any differences in contest. To be honest I wasn't sure it > > would, and this is not quite what I expected. Below is a 2.5.73-mm1 > > patched with patch-O1int-0306271816 (2.5.73-O1i) compared to 2.5.73-mm1 > > with contest (http://contest.kolivas.org). > > These are good news, indeed. The patch is getting better and better, but > I'm still seeing XMMS audio skips when clicking on a URL inside > Evolution (and using Konqueror as my web browser), and sometimes when > moving windows around. > > Also, it seems that nicing the X server to -20 causes it to get CPU at > discontinuous bursts, causing window movement to be somewhat jerky. The > overall feeling for the X server is better at a default nice of 0. Isn't > this curious?
Not curious at all. I should have made it clear I was in _no_ way recommending renicing X. It should be left at nice 0 and the scheduler decide what is interactive. Renicing X will guarantee you of getting audio skips.
There is still the problem of apps started during heavy loads. While the last patch helps a little, I have to do some more work on the algorithm and make it smarter to help a lot.
Con
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