From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272265AbTHDWGH (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:06:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272266AbTHDWGH (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:06:07 -0400 Received: from c210-49-248-224.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.248.224]:13719 "EHLO mail.kolivas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272265AbTHDWGD (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:06:03 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: [PATCH] O13int for interactivity Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:11:09 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Felipe Alfaro Solana References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030804213330.0196e2d0@pop.gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030804213330.0196e2d0@pop.gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308050811.09590.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:11, Mike Galbraith wrote: > IMHO, absolute cut off is a very bad idea (btdt, and it _sucked rocks_). > > The last thing in the world you want to do is to remove differentiation > between tasks... try to classify them and make them all the same within > their class. For grins, take away all remaining differentiation, and run a > hefty parallel make. I didn't fully understand you but I get your drift. I have a better solution in the works anyway but I wanted this tested. Con