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From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Eric Wong <eric@yhbt.net>
Subject: Re: [patch] sched-2.5.64-bk10-C4
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:57:09 +1100
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On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:44, Eric Wong wrote:
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > the attached patch fixes a fundamental (and long-standing) bug in the
> > sleep-average estimator which is the root cause of the "contest
> > process_load" problems reported by Mike Galbraith and Andrew Morton, and
> > which problem is addressed by Mike's patch.
> >

> Would this be an equivalent fix for 2.4.20-ck4?

Yes it would be, but ck4 is less prone to the same problem without the other 
interactivity changes in 2.5. I'm working on putting them all together for 
-ck* but until they are semi-stabilised I wont release them.

Con
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