George Anzinger wrote:
> 
> This patch, for 2.4.0-test6, allows the kernel to be built with full
> preemption.

Neat.  Congratulations.

> ...
>  The measured context switch latencies with this patch
> have been as high as 12 ms, however, we are actively working to
> isolate and fix the areas of the system where this occurs.

That has already been done!  From memory, there are three long-lived
spinlocks which affect latency.  Try applying
http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/low-latency.patch

Also, review Ingo's ll-patch.   He may have picked up on some extra
ones.

http://www.redhat.com/~mingo/lowlatency-patches/
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