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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:27:19 +0200
From: Jesper Juhl <juhl@eisenstein.dk>
Organization: Eisenstein
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To: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] updated preempt-kernel
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Robert Love wrote:

> Testers Wanted:

So I tested it :)

> patches to enable a fully preemptible kernel are available at:
> 	http://tech9.net/rml/linux
> for kernels 2.4.10, 2.4.12, 2.4.12-ac3, and 2.4.13-pre5.

I tried out your patch yesterday with 2.4.13-pre6 (it applies cleanly to 
-pre6 although made for -pre5). I've been running with it for about a 
day now and I have not seen any ill effects yet.

The system does seem slightly more responsive when stressed, but I don't 
see (or feel) huge improvements like some other people - maybe I just 
run a set of apps that don't benefit much from the preempt patches, or 
my workload is not significant enough to notice.. I usually run things 
like KDE2, XMMS, Nedit, x-cd-roast, Opera, Sylpheed and a lot of console 
windows.
This is on a 1.4Ghz Athlon Thunderbird with 512MB RAM.

Are there any tests you'd like me to try out on this box?


- Jesper Juhl - juhl@eisenstein.dk

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