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On 09/06/2009 02:23 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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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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No one complains that IO hurts. Perhaps you aren't even reading. The |
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complaints are about GUI stalls. Not slow IO. |
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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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We are not. |
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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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Doesn't matter if it's not average. What does matter is that Linux is |
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not up to the task while Windows and OS X are. |
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