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Date: Tue,  8 Jun 2004 08:08:35 +1000
From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Phy Prabab <phyprabab@yahoo.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>,
       William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staircase Scheduler v6.3 for 2.6.7-rc2
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Quoting Phy Prabab <phyprabab@yahoo.com>:

> 
> Just to clarify, setting compute 1 implys interactive
> 0?

Yes.

> 
> These numbers are very reproducable nad have done them
> (in a continuous loop) for two hours.

Ok.

> 
> The test is a make of headers for a propritary exec. 
> Making headers is rather simple is all it does it link
> a bunch of h files (traversing dirs) and some
> dependance generation (3 files, yacc and lex).  I have
> moved the source code base to local disk to dicount
> nfs issues (though the difference is neglibible and
> nfs performance on 2.6 is generally faster than 2.4).

Out of curiosity, what happens from nfs? i/o effects can be significant. I
assume you've excluded memory effects?

> I have tried to get a good test case that can be
> submitted. Still trying. 

Linking kernel headers with full debugging?

> Any suggestions to try to diagnose this?

Profiling.

> Thanks!
> Phy

Cheers,
Con
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