Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:56:35 -0700 | From | jw schultz <> | Subject | Re: What's the deal McNeil? Bad interactive behavior in X w/ RH's 2.4.18 |
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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 > <snip> > >> 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.
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