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On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:48:40 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > > Also, have you considered that you got it all backwards? The kernel |
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> > > configuration tells you that for lower latencies, you should use 1000Hz |
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> > > and PREEMPT. It even says "Desktop" right there. Why should I take |
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> > > your word over that of the kernel devs who actually wrote that code? |
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> > low latency means bad throughput and that hurts IO. |
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> The average desktop user on Linux needs low latency. To get that, one must |
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> sacrifice some throughput efficiency. |
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and then complain, that IO hurts? |
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btw, I think, I am an average user, doing the average stuff, and I am pretty |
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happy with 'voluntary preemption'. |
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> 1. server usage |
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> 2. Massive bleeding edge desktop hardware that can give acceptable |
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> performance regardless of what you throw at it. |
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well, until 4 weeks ago a X2 6000.. not really bleeding edge. HD3870. That was |
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bleeding edge 2 years ago.... |
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> have you considered that there is a large population of users whose needs |
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> and workload are totally different from yours and therefore require |
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> something completely different to you? |
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yes, but I consider my workload average. Surfing the web, watching tv, watching |
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movies with xine/vlc/mplayer. Listening to music with amarok and alsaplayer. |
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Typing stuff. Sometimes skype. Burning a dvd once in a while. vegastrike, |
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ut2004, if I want to play a game. |
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See? Average. |
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Now 32 sound streams in ardour (or whatever tool you use for that), that is |
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hardly 'average'. |
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