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On Thu 2008-03-13 15:18:10, Helge Hafting wrote: > Carlos R. Mafra wrote:> >On Thu 13.Mar'08 at 12:28:13 +0100, Mike Galbraith > >wrote:> > > >>[...]> >>Swap can definitely keep X off the cpu for extended > >>periods,> >>[...]> >> > >> >So I would like to ask if swap letting X (and > >everything else> >in my experience) out of the cpu for extended periods is > >considered normal behaviour, in the sense that nobody is > >trying to "fix" it (due to it being considered > >impossible > >to fix)...? > > > Yes, this is perfectly normal. A heavily swapping machine > will swap out parts of X.> > Now, if X has a need for low-latency for keyboard > handling, If X needs low-latency for keyboard, X is misdesigned. Kernel already provides timestamped input events... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html | ||||||||||||
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