Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:00:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:52:01 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:11780 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:51:01 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:59:45 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Con Kolivas , linux-kernel Subject: Re: xmms (audio) skipping in 2.5 (not 2.4) Message-ID: <20030312225945.GA5958@zaurus.ucw.cz> References: <103200000.1046755559@[10.10.2.4]> <200303041636.00745.kernel@kolivas.org> <104910000.1046757141@[10.10.2.4]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <104910000.1046757141@[10.10.2.4]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 914 Lines: 23 Hi! > > the "desktop tuning" of making the max timeslice==min timeslice. Try an > > -mm kernel with the scheduler tunables patch and try playing with the > > max timeslice. Most have found that <=25 will usually stop these skips. > > The default max timeslice of 300ms is just too long for the desktop and > > interactivity estimator. > > Heh, cool. I have the same patch in my tree too, fixed it without rebooting > even ;-) Still a *tiny* bit of skipping, but infinitely better than it was. Fixed without rebooting? You binary-patched kernel or what? Pavel -- Pavel Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/