linux-kernel - Re: RSDL v0.31

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Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:36:05 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
Cc:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>, ck@....kolivas.org,
	Serge Belyshev <belyshev@...ni.sinp.msu.ru>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicholas Miell <nmiell@...cast.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: RSDL v0.31

Xavier Bestel wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 12:07 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
>> Dell notebook, single P-M-2GHz, ATI X300, open source X.org:
>> (1) build a kernel in one window with "make -j$((NUMBER_OF_CPUS + 1))".
>> (2) try to read email and/or surf in Firefox/Thunderbird.
>>
>> Stock scheduler wins easily, no contest.
> 
> What happens when you renice X ?

Dunno -- not necessary with the stock scheduler.
Nicing the "make" helped with RSDL, though.
But again, the stock scheduler "just works" in that regard.

I agree with Ingo -- the auto-renice feature is something
very useful for desktops, and is missing from RSDL.

Cheers
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