From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263059AbUC2SCV (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:02:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263058AbUC2SCV (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:02:21 -0500 Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.203]:29452 "EHLO smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263084AbUC2SCI (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:02:08 -0500 Subject: 2.6.5-rc2-as1 patchset of ckstaircase5 and cfq and aa4 From: Antony Suter To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3C/gg+z01OtOFv/irx44" Message-Id: <1080583313.15630.69.camel@hikaru.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 04:01:53 +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-3C/gg+z01OtOFv/irx44 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is a small patchset of certain recent disparate patches that all improve kernel performance. http://www.users.on.net/sutera/2.6.5-rc2-as1.patch.gz http://www.users.on.net/sutera/2.6.5-rc2-as1.patch.gz.sign The three source patches, applied to 2.6.5-rc2, are: * Con Kolivas's new staircase cpu scheduler patch 5. "patch-2.6.4-staircase5" http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2744 * Jens Axboe's CFQ IO scheduler as appears in 2.6.5-rc2-mm3 "cfq-4.patch" & essential for any desktop system & * Andrea Arcangeli's Priority-Based Radix Search Tree VM - the whole aa patch really "2.6.5-rc2-aa4.bz2" http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2746 I felt a kernel imperative to try these patches together after reading the recent concentration of fine kerneltrap marketing (*wink*). I usually use akpm's mm patchset. ck's own patchset now has staircase5, but also includes a lot of extra baggage. -as1 is short and sweet so as to be able to test these items together. I'm just an efficiency madman. Please post all your experiences with ck's staircase cpu scheduler, as it sounds very promising. We won't mention that he posted the all new scheduler, declared it stable, and then skipped the country for 2 months... (*wink*) My experience has been very positive so far. -mm is usually quite good - the cfq io scheduler just rox. I usually run mozilla, xchat, gkrellm2, evolution, gaim, azureus on java, on xfree86. Add a compile of a random bunch of gentoo packages, and mplayer (with largish disk read buffer) doing software playback of a dvd to an xv window. Grab the next x window and drag it around rapidly over mplayer. No playback video or audio skips, and no mouse stuttering. My gpg key ID 657EC71A, "Antony Suter (200402) ", can be fetched from keyserver pgp.mit.edu or http://www.users.on.net/sutera/suterant.asc I verified any signatures of the patches I started with. Apologies if you dislike receiving SMIME signed email. Yay my first kernel patch. Boo I skipped sleep last night. #include --=20 - Antony Suter (suterant users sourceforge net) "Bonta" - "...through shadows falling, out of memory and time..." --=-3C/gg+z01OtOFv/irx44 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAaGSRZu6XKGV+xxoRAtXYAJ9KyNLMYg3T1p7gr/SGgcQ8L0dJlACgnR2v ROefwHpFEEtwdxd/sPd0X+4= =a4x8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3C/gg+z01OtOFv/irx44--