Package: kernel-image-2.4.26-s390 Severity: wishlist Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested this:
... there are a couple parameters I'd set differently for the default S/390 case, on the assumption that most S/390 users are either running under VM or under Hercules. Basically, what I'd do is disable timer interrupts by default. This costs you a few percent on the bare metal or in an LPAR, but makes Linux much more virtualization-friendly on VM if you have many Linuxes running. Since if you're running under Hercules you probably don't care much about losing a few percent more speed, I think this represents 90%+ of the S/390 users for whom it's either neutral or positive. Plus, once you add the no-timer patch, there's a sysctl setting you can use to turn it on and off, so LPAR users who do want a timer tick can have one. Adam ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
