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On Thursday 04 August 2005 15:56, Erik Zeek wrote: |
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> As I understand, it preemption is not exactly a speedup. It is supposed to |
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> improve the responsiveness of the kernel to user input. The kernel can |
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> switch contexts in more places inside the kernel in response to other |
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> inputs. This is great for desktops, but probably not for servers/number |
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> crunchers. |
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That pretty much sums it up. |
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> I have no idea if it's fixed or not. Try disabling SMP and enabling |
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> preemption followed by an emerge of something large (openoffice, kde, you |
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> pick). If it succeeds, maybe it's fixed. If not, then it's still broken. |
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No, it hasn't been fixedyet. :( |
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Please don't attempt to disable SMP with preemption still enabled. |
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//David |
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