Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264537AbTEaTqn (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 15:46:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264420AbTEaTqn (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 15:46:43 -0400 Received: from BELLINI.MIT.EDU ([18.62.3.197]:24068 "EHLO bellini.mit.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264537AbTEaTqk (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 15:46:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 16:00:20 -0400 (EDT) From: ghugh Song To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Something wrong with recent 2.4.21-rc* kernels? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I am comparing > > 2.4.21-pre3-ac4 > 2.4.21-rc5-ac1 > 2.4.21-rc6-ac1 > > In the last two kernels, something is definitely not right. > LaTeXing a big file takes about twice the time compared to > the same job under 2.4.21-pre3-ac4. > However, I am not totally satisfied with the 2.4.21-pre3-ac4, either. > In the beginning just after a reboot, the condition is really nice. > However, after a while, "time"ing a job reveals that something bad is > happening in the first column of "real" time, which means the wall-clock > timing. One might say that it is still better with 2.4.21-pre3-ac4 > than the situation with 2.4.21-rc5-ac1 or with 2.4.21-rc6-ac1, because > it still does not contaminate "user" time in the middle column. I am pleased to report that the problem has been solved by Rick's RMap15j. So, I am now running 2.4.21-rc6-rmap15j. Relevant information can be found at http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0305.3/1850.html If anyone is having the same problem, please take a note. Regards, G. Hugh Song - 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/