[plug] Kernel 2.4.10

[Simon Scott]

	Can anyone explain exactly what the 'preemptible patches' do?

	Does it mean that the kernel cannot block a process from getting its
fair share of CPU?






	From:	Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au> on 25/09/2001 11:08
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	Subject:	Re: [plug] Kernel 2.4.10

	On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:57:38AM +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
	> I upgraded last night from 2.4.9 to 2.4.10 with the
	> preemptible kernel patches..
	> All I can say is wow.. it's like supercharging my computer..

	Hmm you've convinced me to try it out then ;) I dled and installed
2.4.10
	on my main system yesterday but didn't apply the preemptible
patches.

	> The massive vm changes in 10 have solved most of my memory thrash
	> problems, and the interactivity with the preemptible patches needs
	> to be seen to be believed.
	> 
	> Compiling Xfree4, Xfree3, Kernel, running mozilla and
Openoffice638
	> and playing xmms in 96mb with no glitches and no pointer freezes,
	> switching between vc's is smooth and quick, switching into/out of
x
	> is smooth and quick.. Even win4lin runs smoother and faster,
although
	> I doubt it's long term reliability as I had to massage the Win4lin
	> 2.4.9 kernel patch to get it to compile and I'm no kernel hacker..

	That sounds great for my laptop which is maxed out with only 96Mb of
RAM.


	Later,

	Jason Nicholls
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