From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270646AbTG0Bqh (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:46:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270647AbTG0Bqh (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:46:37 -0400 Received: from c210-49-248-224.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.248.224]:48268 "EHLO mail.kolivas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270646AbTG0Bqg (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:46:36 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: gaxt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WINE + Galciv + Con Kolivar's 09 patch to 2.6.0-test1-mm2 Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:05:59 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <3F22F75D.8090607@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <3F22F75D.8090607@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307271205.59230.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 07:49, gaxt wrote: > Kudos to CK Thanks. > In 2.4.21 galciv + wine was fine. > > In 2.4.21 + CK patches, galvic + wine would pause every 15 seconds or so > (maybe it was when little animations played). > > In 2.6.0-test1-mm2 (vanilla, or + 08) Galciv would stutter horribly and > freeze my machine in wine. It might run smoothly until I loaded a > nautilus window or something then stutters and loss of control of the > system. > > With 09, it is smooth as silk until I do something and then the video > playbacks can be choppy but the game (turn based strategy) seems to run > without the long pauses of 2.4.21 CK or 2.6.0 vanilla. I can switch > between apps and go back without any problem. > > 09 seems to be a big improvement for whatever caused the stutter & die > problems in wine+galciv. Therein lies the problem with large MAX_SLEEP_AVG values. It may prevent interactive tasks from becoming non interactive (which is the point), but if an interactive task turns into a true cpu hog it can literally stall the machine for seconds. Which is why the workaround in O*int that allow small MSAs help. Con