linux-kernel - Re: Ten percent test

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Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:03:16 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	ck list <ck@....kolivas.org>
Subject: Re: Ten percent test

On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 13:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 08 April 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> >and note that a year ago Mike did a larger patch too, not unlike his
> >current patch - but we hoped that his smaller change would be sufficient
> >- and nobody came along and said "i tested Mike's and the difference is
> >significant on my system".
> 
> May I suggest that while it may have been noticeable, it was 
> not 'significant', so we didn't sing praises and bow to mecca at the 
> time.

Actually, there was practically nil interest in testing.  We made a
couple of minor adjustments to the interactivity logic, and all went
quiet, so I didn't think it was enough of a problem to require more
intrusive countermeasures.

	-Mike

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