Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030333AbWBHEv0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:51:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030334AbWBHEv0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:51:26 -0500 Received: from relay01.mail-hub.dodo.com.au ([203.220.32.149]:18147 "EHLO relay01.mail-hub.dodo.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030333AbWBHEvZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:51:25 -0500 From: Grant Coady To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6 vs 2.4, ssh terminal slowdown Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:51:24 +1100 Organization: http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ Reply-To: gcoady@gmail.com Message-ID: References: <200602081335.18256.kernel@kolivas.org> <24niu1hrom6udfa2km18b8bagad62kjamc@4ax.com> <200602081400.59931.kernel@kolivas.org> In-Reply-To: <200602081400.59931.kernel@kolivas.org> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 771 Lines: 18 On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:00:59 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: >This is the terminal's fault. xterm et al use an algorithm to determine how >fast your machine is and decide whether to jump scroll or smooth scroll. This >algorithm is basically broken with the 2.6 scheduler and it decides to mostly >smooth scroll. Strange it does that over localnet to a PuTTY terminal on windoze. Seems a strange thing to do in the kernel though, presentation buffering / management surely can be done in userspace? Grant. - 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/