Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751249AbVKVLnK (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:43:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751284AbVKVLnJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:43:09 -0500 Received: from mta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.49]:56156 "EHLO mta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751249AbVKVLnI (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:43:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:43:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Ken Moffat To: Con Kolivas cc: Dave Jones , Ken Moffat , Alexander Clouter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, blaisorblade@yahoo.it, davej@codemonkey.org.uk Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] cpufreq_conservative/ondemand: invert meaning of 'ignore nice' In-Reply-To: <200511221331.45601.kernel@kolivas.org> Message-ID: References: <20051121181722.GA2599@inskipp.digriz.org.uk> <20051122022215.GB1288@redhat.com> <200511221331.45601.kernel@kolivas.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463809536-1174806078-1132659784=:26358" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1636 Lines: 46 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463809536-1174806078-1132659784=:26358 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Con Kolivas wrote: >> > Just what have you cpufreq guys got against nice'd processes ? It's >> > enough to drive a man to powernowd ;) >> >> The opinion on this one started out with everyone saying "Yeah, >> this is dumb, and should have changed". Now that the change appears >> in a mergable patch, the opinion seems to have swung the other way. >> >> I'm seriously rethinking this change, as no matter what we do, >> we're going to make some people unhappy, so changing the status quo >> seems ultimately pointless. > > Eh? I thought he was agreeing with niced processes running full speed but that > he misunderstood that that was the new default. Oh well I should have just > shut up. > > Con > Hi Con, looks as if I did misunderstand the default. In the last week I've seen occasional comments on this from both sides of the debate, so I read the description and got it wrong. Now, if you gentlement will excuse me, I'll just wipe this egg off my face. Ken -- das eine Mal als Trag?die, das andere Mal als Farce ---1463809536-1174806078-1132659784=:26358-- - 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/