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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:21:35 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Con Kolivas <conman@kolivas.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>,
       linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [BENCHMARK] 2.4.{18,19{-ck9},20rc1{-aa1}} with contest
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On Sat, Nov 09 2002, Con Kolivas wrote:
> >You're showing a big shift in behaviour between 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-rc1.
> >Maybe it doesn't translate to worsened interactivity.  Needs more
> >testing and anaysis.
> 
> Sounds fair enough. My resources are exhausted though. Someone else have any 
> thoughts?

Try setting lower elevator passover values. Something ala

# elvtune -r 64 /dev/hda

(or whatever your drive is)

-- 
Jens Axboe

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