From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272938AbTG3PkJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:40:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273935AbTG3Pd2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:33:28 -0400 Received: from imap.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:59863 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S273911AbTG3PdR (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:33:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:03:12 +0530 From: Apurva Mehta To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] O11int for interactivity Message-ID: <20030730153312.GB1341@home.woodlands> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <200307301038.49869.kernel@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307301038.49869.kernel@kolivas.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Con Kolivas [30-07-2003 13:36]: > Update to the interactivity patches. Not a massive improvement but > more smoothing of the corners. > > [snip] > > _All_ testing and comments are desired and appreciated. Well, I just put my system under severe natural load using 2.6.0-test2-mm1 and I must say that my system remained as responsive as one could expect. I have a PentiumIII 500Mhz with 192 Mb RAM. Here's what load was like: 1) Compiling 2.6.0-test2-mm1-O11.1int :) 2) updating spamassassin bayesian filters (This mainly causes heavy disk i/o, the CPU usage is not so high) 3) procmail filtering ~40 emails simultaneously. 4) playing ogg's in xmms 5) switching between viewing pdf's and web-browsing Window switching remained pretty snappy and there was one skip in the music . The pdf's scrolled at a decent speed too. All in all I would say that I really cannot expect anything more in terms of responsiveness from my hardware. IMO, there is a limit to the magic a good scheduler can do on limited hardware resources. The scheduler has certainly come a long way since 2.6.0-test1 ( plus all subsequent patches and versions). Great work. - Apurva