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From: Aggelos Economopoulos <aoiko@cc.ece.ntua.gr>
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Subject: Re: Status of SCHED_ULE?
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On Tuesday 30 September 2003 01:12, Jeff Roberson wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Aggelos Economopoulos wrote:
> > On Monday 29 September 2003 08:05, Jeff Roberson wrote:
> > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Arjan van Leeuwen wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > It happens when compiling stuff, when loading complicated pages in
> > > > Mozilla Firebird, and when logging out of GNOME 2.4 (the 'background
> > > > fade' animation brings my Athlon XP 2000+ to its knees when I use
> > > > SCHED_ULE).
> > > >
> > > > Arjan
> > >
> > > Gnome seems to be a common theme.  Are you also using libkse?  There
> > > could be some interaction there.
> >
> > I'm experiencing similar stuff with kde + libthr (kernel built with
> > sources from 18/9).
> >
> > Aggelos
>
> Are you running seti, rc4, etc?  Any programs that sit in the background
> and consume 100% of the cpu?

No. But interactive performance deteriorates instantly when compiling or 
linking two or more programs (of course I expect it to deteriorate, but the 
gui is _much_ more jerky with SCHED_ULE than with SCHED_4BSD). Let me know if 
I can help with any more info.

Aggelos