From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275000AbTHQCSP (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:18:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275002AbTHQCSP (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:18:15 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([66.224.33.161]:22240 "EHLO holomorphy") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275000AbTHQCSH (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:18:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 19:19:16 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Timothy Miller Cc: Con Kolivas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] O12.2int for interactivity Message-ID: <20030817021916.GO32488@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Timothy Miller , Con Kolivas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030804195058.GA8267@cray.fish.zetnet.co.uk> <20030814070119.GN32488@holomorphy.com> <3F3BEA65.8080907@techsource.com> <200308160238.05185.kernel@kolivas.org> <3F3D2290.6070804@techsource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F3D2290.6070804@techsource.com> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 02:12:32PM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote: > Ok, I'm just a little confused, because of this inversion of "high > priority" with "low numbers". > First, am I correct in understanding that a lower number means a higher > priority? > And for a higher priority, in addition to begin run before all tasks of > lower priority, they also get a longer timeslice? Yes on both counts. -- wli