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SubjectRe: 2.6.8-rc1-np3
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On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 02:46 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> http://www.kerneltrap.org/~npiggin/2.6.8-rc1-np3/
>
> More memory management and scheduler work. More to come. The
> -rc1 patch should hopefully just apply to -rc2.
>
> Again, the scheduler timeslice is set quite large, so adjust
> /proc/sys/kernel/base_timeslice down to probably 64 or 32 for
> good desktop results. Also renice X to -10.

2.6.8-rc2-np3 feels wonderful on my 700Mhz laptop with a base_timeslice
of 32 and X reniced at -10. I'll also test it on my bigger 2Ghz Pentium
IV.

Nice work, Nick.

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