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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 22:13:57 +0200 (EET)
From: Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Process priority in 2.4.18 (RedHat 7.3)
To: Paul Faure <paul@engsoc.org>
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On Thu, 16 May 2002 16:08:15 -0400 (EDT) Paul Faure <paul@engsoc.org> wrote:

> Just installed RedHat 7.3 with kernel 2.4.18 and noticed that my network 
> no longer functions when my CPU usage is at 100%.  Looking at the 
> priorities of the application that I was running showed a priority of 35 
> (thats what `nice ./test` produces).  Then looking at the priorities of 
> all the other processes shows a range from 15 to 35.

> I am running an SMP box.

Didn't care to look at RedHat errata?

Regards,
Nerijus