Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 09:16:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 09:16:02 -0400 Received: from 2-210.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.193.160.210]:33200 "EHLO 2-210.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 09:16:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:20:18 -0300 (BRT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Ingo Oeser cc: Ed Sweetman , Subject: Re: Benchmarks for performance patches (-ck) for 2.4.19 In-Reply-To: <20020902093910.G781@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 855 Lines: 28 On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Ingo Oeser wrote: > This is not only X. The problem is the software layering bloat. > Thats a design mistake we copied from W*ndows in our Linux > applications. Agreed, it is not just in one layer of the system. However, changing the kernel _has_ resulted in a large improvement in interactivity and does allow me to run bonnie++ or even a 'bk clone' while playing mp3s and without losing interactivity or having the mp3s skip... On a machine with 192 MB RAM. regards, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ - 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/