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Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 14:11:08 -0700
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Subject: Re: unresponsiveness on linux desktop during file copy
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: Satish Eerpini <eerpini@gmail.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Ray Lee <ray-lk@madrabbit.org>,
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On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Satish Eerpini <eerpini@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you believe this was working better on an earlier kernel? If so you
>> might drop back and see if these commands work better. If so that
>> would suggest a regression of some type.
>
> I remember good performance with 2.6.26.x series, ... but I could not
> try that out, ,... things on a 2.6.27.23 kernel seem no better :
>

I think it's critically important that you find a kernel that has good
performance. Without it we're trusting a memory. With it developers
can bisect and find the solution.

- Mark