linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 0/7] RSDL cpu scheduler for 2.6.21-rc3-mm2

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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:25:57 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ck list <ck@....kolivas.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 0/7] RSDL cpu scheduler for 2.6.21-rc3-mm2

On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 12:08 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Mike Galbraith <efault@....de> wrote:
> 
> > The test scenario was one any desktop user might do with every 
> > expectation responsiveness of the interactive application remain 
> > intact. I understand the concepts here Con, and I'm not knocking your 
> > scheduler. I find it to be a step forward on the one hand, but a step 
> > backward on the other.
> 
> ok, then that step backward needs to be fixed.

btw, this scenario wasn't invented by me, it came from the _every single
day_ usage of my best friend since his conversion to linux (he's in love
now;) a month ago.  After I un-crippled all of the multimedia apps that
came with our distribution, this is the thing he has been doing most.

	-Mike

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