These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity.
It is configurable to any workload but the default ck patch is aimed at the
desktop and cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace.
This includes all patches from 2.6.15.6 so use 2.6.15 as your base.
Apply to 2.6.15
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.15/2.6.15-ck7/patch-2.6.15-ck7.bz2
or server version
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/cks/patch-2.6.15-cks7.bz2
web:
http://kernel.kolivas.org
all patches:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/
Split patches available.
Changes since 2.6.15-ck5 (last public announce)
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Added:
+mm-swap_prefetch-tweaks.patch
Swap prefetching is supposed to work in an innocuous manner that isn't
noticeable. This patch corrects overzealous activity.
Removed:
-nfs-fix_build.patch
Not needed with a correct fix in stable tree
Modified:
-patch-2.6.15.5.bz2
+patch-2.6.15.6.bz2
Updated to latest stable
-2615ck5-version.patch
+2615ck7-version.patch
Version update
Cheers,
Con
Con Kolivas wrote:
> These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity.
> It is configurable to any workload but the default ck patch is aimed at the
> desktop and cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace.
>
>
<snip>
I see 2.6.15-ck6 in the list of all patches, but was it announced? Or
did I miss it? ;-)
Regards,
Hugo
On Saturday 11 March 2006 08:11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Con Kolivas wrote:
> > These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and
> > interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default ck
> > patch is aimed at the desktop and cks is available with more emphasis on
> > serverspace.
>
> <snip>
>
> I see 2.6.15-ck6 in the list of all patches, but was it announced? Or
> did I miss it? ;-)
ck6 was never announced. It had latest stable and the yield() workaround for
swap prefetching but because I knew I was working on a better fix for swap
prefetching I waited till I had that to release another version with it
(-ck7).
Cheers,
Con