From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au>
Cc: martin.konold@erfrakon.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Interactive Usage of 2.6.0.test1 worse than 2.4.21
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:36:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030805163601.54b50689.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16176.13066.601441.179810@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au>
Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> wrote:
>
> >> when using 2.6.0.test1 on a high end laptop (P-IV 2.2 GHz, 1GB RAM)
> >> I notice very significant slowdown in interactive usage compared to
> >> 2.4.21.
> >>
> >> The difference is most easily seen when switching folders in
> >> kmail. While 2.4.21 is instantaneous 2.6.0.test1 shows the clock
> >> for about 2-3 seconds.
> >>
>
> I see the same problem, and I'm using XFS. Booting with
> elevator=deadline fixed it for me. The anticipatory scheduler hurts
> if you have a disc optimised for low power consumption, not speed.
Do you have a specific set of steps with which to reproduce this?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-05 23:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-05 5:04 Interactive Usage of 2.6.0.test1 worse than 2.4.21 Martin Konold
2003-08-05 5:16 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-08-05 6:26 ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-05 8:16 ` Oleg Drokin
2003-08-05 22:43 ` Peter Chubb
2003-08-05 23:36 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2003-08-06 0:55 ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-05 7:23 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-08-05 12:52 ` Bernd Schubert
2003-08-05 13:37 ` Rahul Karnik
2003-08-05 21:29 ` Martin Konold
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