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Subject: Re: Context switch times
To: george@mvista.com (george anzinger)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:56:27 +0100 (BST)
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> its slice.  This would argue for priority being set at slice renewal
> time and left alone until the task blocks or completes its slice.

That may well be the case. The banding I played with was effectively 
doubling the task switch rate for more interactive tasks versus the bottom
feeders
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