From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263033AbTDVJrM (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:47:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263032AbTDVJrM (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:47:12 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:9741 "HELO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263033AbTDVJrK (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:47:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:56:35 -0700 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What's the deal McNeil? Bad interactive behavior in X w/ RH's 2.4.18 Message-ID: <20030422095635.GR16934@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030422034821.6a57acc0.mba2000@ioplex.com> <200304221006.09601.m.c.p@wolk-project.de> <38291.207.172.171.44.1051004102.squirrel@miallen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <38291.207.172.171.44.1051004102.squirrel@miallen.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 05:35:02AM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 April 2003 09:48, Michael B Allen wrote: > > > > Hi Michael, > > > >> I'm running Red Hat 7.3 with their stock 2.4.18-3 kernel on an IBM > >> T30. Once every few hours X locks up for 5-10 seconds while the disk > >> grinds. If I type in an Xterm the characters are not echoed until the > > >> I would like very much for this behavior to go away as it is extremely > >> annoying. If there is a patch please let me know where I can get it. > > There are some hacks. One by Andrea Arcangeli, one by Neil Schemenauer and > > one > > by Con Kolivas and me. Search the archives please (lowlat elevator/io > > scheduler) > > Ok, I searched a little using the Googler at indiana.edu's archives but > nothing jumped up and bit me. I'm not too excited about applying a patch > snarfed out of an e-mail anywat. That's how Linus, Marcello and everyone else gets them. > I'm surprised no one else has not > complained about this enough to the point where you guys don't have a > canned answer with a link. Is this problem not considered important? > > Does anyone know which RH patch in the 2.4.18-10 RPM adds this elevator > throughput "improvement"? What identifiers would such a patch have in it? > > Thanks, > Mike > > PS: Why are there only "hacks"? Is this not considered important? It is up to Red Hat to $upply fixes for their kernels. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt