Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:55:33 +1000 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: Interactive Usage of 2.6.0.test1 worse than 2.4.21 |
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Peter Chubb wrote:
>>>>>>"Andrew" == Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes: >>>>>> > >Andrew> Martin Konold <martin.konold@erfrakon.de> wrote: > >>>Hi, >>> >>>when using 2.6.0.test1 on a high end laptop (P-IV 2.2 GHz, 1GB RAM) >>>I notice very significant slowdown in interactive usage compared to >>>2.4.21. >>> >>>The difference is most easily seen when switching folders in >>>kmail. While 2.4.21 is instantaneous 2.6.0.test1 shows the clock >>>for about 2-3 seconds. >>> >>> > >I see the same problem, and I'm using XFS. Booting with >elevator=deadline fixed it for me. The anticipatory scheduler hurts >if you have a disc optimised for low power consumption, not speed. > >
I don't think this generalisation is really fair. All hard disks have the same basic properties which AS exploits. There seems to be something going wrong though.
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