Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 14:53:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: David Greenman <dg@root.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seti project / stats reset, new version available Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990515145222.16624A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199905152126.OAA10724@apollo.backplane.com>
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beware, I think this sysctl does something different on 3.x as I think there was a code freeze on 3.x when we fixed it.. On Sat, 15 May 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > This reduces the effect an idprio seti background task has on the rest of > the system. > > sysctl -w kern.quantum=20000 > > The default is 100,000 ( 100ms ) which, for a modern cpu, is much more > chunky then it needs to be. Reducing it to 20ms makes a big difference. > At 100000 I can feel the slow response with seti running in the background. > At 20000 it is much less pronounced. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dillon@backplane.com> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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