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Date:      Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:15:05 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Geoff Rehmet <geoffr@is.co.za>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Star Office 5 woes
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902230014070.82049-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990222130744.28156.qmail@rucus.ru.ac.za>

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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Geoff Rehmet wrote:

> Doug Rabson writes :
> > Download the new version from the same place you got so50. The
> > registration process has been streamlined and doesn't seem to involve
> > basic at all (its managed by the installer).
> Registration problems aside (I'm busy downloading the new version),
> I noticed, from my log files, that so50 is using the sched_yield
> syscall.  It appears to be a good idea to compile your kernel
> with:
> 
> options         "P1003_1B"
> options         "_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING"
> options         "_KPOSIX_VERSION=199309L"
> 
> (I don't know if anyone mentioned that explicitly.)
> Otherwise, watch syslogd go beserk - vrey noticeable on a P133 :-)
> 

I noticed that too.  I noticed the disk thrashing on my laptop whenever I
used SO.  It took me a while to realise it was syslogd :-).

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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