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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:48:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Cejka Rudolf <cejkar@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Bug in the process-scheduler & niceness of 20?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807201548240.16885-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199807171045.MAA11466@kazi.dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>

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On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Cejka Rudolf wrote:

> Yes, ok. But why is niceness control _so very_ insensitive?
> How can I increase nice sensitivity?

Hack the kernel?

> Example:
> 
> 	1. process with nice = 0:  CPU = 65 %
> 	2. process with nice = 20: CPU = 30 %
> 
> Ratio 2:1 is _too_ small. How can I reach ratio 5:1 or bigger?
> idprio is unusable for this purpose. Time ratio reacheble with idprio
> is 1:1 or infinity:none.

Don't forget that the kernel gets some of that.

What are you running that requires so much precision?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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