Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:46:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:46:48 -0400 Received: from mail4.home.nl ([213.51.129.228]:25076 "EHLO mail4.home.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:46:29 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: elko To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jos=E9=20Luis=20Domingo=20L=F3pez?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: looking for a preempt-patch for 2.4.10-ac12 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 21:47:18 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <01101619524411.00955@ElkOS> <20011016204753.B1472@dardhal.mired.net> In-Reply-To: <20011016204753.B1472@dardhal.mired.net> X-Owner: ElkOS MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01101721471803.00726@ElkOS> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 16 October 2001 22:47, Jos? Luis Domingo L?pez wrote: > On Tuesday, 16 October 2001, at 19:52:44 +0200, > > elko wrote: > > Where can I find a preempt-patch for Linux-2.4.10-ac12 ? > > http://tech9.net/rml/linux > > But there isn't a patch for this specific kernel version, so you will > have to download the most similar one and apply it in the hope of not > getting too much and complex .rej the patch is there, I applied it together with the stats-patch and my system is running like a charm right now, never have seen this kind of response in X. the only thing is, the perl-script at: http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/top-latencies shows something this: ----[ SNIP ]---- n min avg max cause mask start line/file address end line/file 14 9512 9590 9711 spin_lock 5 2111/tcp_ipv4.c c0226736119/softirq.c 89 9454 9559 9682 spin_lock 9 2111/tcp_ipv4.c c0226736119/softirq.c 2 9540 9551 9563 spin_lock 3 2111/tcp_ipv4.c c0226736119/softirq.c 3895 7708 9532 14296 spin_lock 1 2111/tcp_ipv4.c c0226736119/softirq.c 1 9513 9513 9513 spin_lock 1 2111/tcp_ipv4.c c02267362152/tcp_ipv4.c 363 3594 6166 9512 spin_lock 0 2111/tcp_ipv4.c c02267362152/tcp_ipv4.c ----[ SNIP ]---- that 3895 number for '2111/tcp_ipv4.c c0226736119/softirq.c' keeps adding up, how should I translate that? big network latency, is that what it means? if so, any idea on how can I fix that?? -- ElkOS: 9:18pm up 1:08, 3 users, load average: 2.40, 2.38, 2.28 bofhX: overflow error in /dev/null  - 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/