From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 May 2002 17:07:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 May 2002 17:07:40 -0400 Received: from c16598.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.243.217]:41106 "HELO pc.kolivas.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 1 May 2002 17:07:40 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Con Kolivas Reply-To: conman@kolivas.net To: dmarkh@cfl.rr.com Subject: Re: Combined low latency & performance patches for 2.4.18 Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 07:07:36 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] In-Reply-To: <20020429142443.A62481333@pc.kolivas.net> <20020430230105.D5CA01A0AA@pc.kolivas.net> <3CCFA3BD.664EE747@cfl.rr.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20020501210737.3C40218A8C@pc.kolivas.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark On Wed, 1 May 2002 18:13, you wrote: > Con Kolivas wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 02:51, you wrote: > > > After applying it, if you ever do a make mrproper oldconfig dep bzImage > > > it fails to compile sched.c as follows > > > > > > If I don't do an mrproper it compiles ok. Haven't tested yet. > > > > Hmm > > I used a make mrproper && make clean followed by manual configuration > > without any problems but thanks for your input. I'm not claiming to be a > > patch or kernel guru. Just offering what worked for me. > > > > > It's the O1 sched patch. Not your fault.... > > > > Thanks thats kinda reassuring :) > > > > Con. > > I take that back. It's the low-latency patch. You must have said no to > it in your .config. > I do not think all these patches play well together with the O(1) Here is the relevant section from my .config: # Processor type and features # CONFIG_LOLAT=y # CONFIG_LOLAT_SYSCTL is not set CONFIG_PREEMPT=y As you can see, the low latency is enabled. I didn't see any point in enabling sysctl so I havent tried that. Perhaps that is it? The other thing is, I don't believe it works well with SMP which I am not using. Con.