Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753601AbZA3J3W (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:29:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752156AbZA3J3J (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:29:09 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:55645 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752092AbZA3J3H (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:29:07 -0500 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+CKs9/v1OCgsLMJzZeB5oPxnwRgXJIt01yoYhZM6 IRp6KbjmA7eVdH Subject: Re: scheduler nice 19 versus 'idle' behavior / static low-priority scheduling From: Mike Galbraith To: Nathanael Hoyle Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1233305747.17301.33.camel@localhost> References: <1233294584.28741.2.camel@localhost> <1233297635.17301.11.camel@localhost> <1233302349.17301.27.camel@localhost> <1233302861.6061.14.camel@marge.simson.net> <1233305747.17301.33.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:29:02 +0100 Message-Id: <1233307742.7673.6.camel@marge.simson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.68 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 778 Lines: 19 On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 03:55 -0500, Nathanael Hoyle wrote: > Any reason not to apply this fairly simple patch against the 2.6.27 > series kernel I'm running now? Are there other relevant changes you're > aware of in the later kernel revs for this problem? You'd have to dig out a few other changes in order to apply it to 27. Yes there are other relevant changes, but unless you're familiar with the source, you'll be better off just trying 28.stable of the latest rc. You'll have to find extract and back-port otherwise. -Mike -- 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/