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DateWed, 28 Feb 2007 04:16:04 -0600
From"K.R. Foley" <>
SubjectRe: v2.6.20-rt1, yum/rpm
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * K.R. Foley <kr@cybsft.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ingo Molnar wrote:>>> i have released the v2.6.20-rt1 kernel, which can be downloaded from the 
>>> usual place:>>>>> I have a couple of questions regarding priorities of the softirqs, IRQ 
>> handlers, etc.>>>> With some exceptions, back in 2.6.18 and prior patches the IRQ threads 
>> were prioritized between 50 and 25 and the most of the softirqs were 
>> prioritized at 1? In newer patches it looks like they are all 
>> prioritized at 50?>>>> I was just curious what went into making these choices? I am just 
>> trying to better understand these decisions.
> 
> The basically random order-of-request_irq() prioritization was causing 
> problems (it worked for some but didnt work for others), so i got rid of 
> trying to auto-guess some priority order. Also, now that we've got 
> tools/scripts like set_kthread_prio and rtprio it seemed more consistent 
> to just not attempt to prioritize interrupts and softirqs at all, but to 
> keep them all 'in the middle' of the RT priority range.
> 
> 	Ingo
> 

Thanks.

-- 
	kr
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