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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:22:47 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> Cc: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>, Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, caglar@...dus.org.tr, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com> Subject: Re: [REPORT] cfs-v4 vs sd-0.44 * Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote: > > it into some xorg.conf field. (It also makes sure that X isnt > > preempted by other userspace stuff while it does timing-sensitive > > operations like setting the video modes up or switching video modes, > > etc.) > > X is priviledged. It can just cli around the critical section. yes, that is a tool that can be used too (and is used by most drivers) - my point was rather that besides the disadvantages, not preempting X can be an advantage too - not that there are no other (and often more suitable) tools to do the same. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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