From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" <prakashkc@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staircase Scheduler v6.3 for 2.6.7-rc2
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 08:55:00 +1000
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 06:43, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> Hi,

Hi. Thanks for testing.

> it is the first time I tried this scheduler with 2.6.7-rc2-mm2. A k.o
> criteria for me: Playing ut2004 it generated a lot of statics (sound
> wise). I consider this a regression in contrast to O(1). Nick's
> scheduler plays nice as well. For Nick's I have X reniced to -10. Your
> scheduler doesn't like this, as well: When plaing some tune via xmms and
> then switching to another (virtual) desktop, I get pops in the sound for
> fractions of a second. Putting X back to 0 fixes this. But I don't know
> how to "fix" ut2004 with staircase. :-(

Yes this is designed for X nice==0.

Try interactive = 0 setting for gaming.

Con
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