On 12/7/03 5:35 pm, "Daniel Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 04:27:38PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
>> Mandrake and debian (monolithic, no modules) used the 2.4.21 kernel,
>> against 2.4.20 gentoo-sources with preempt etc (it seems gentoo is
>> behind here?)  
> 
> To compare performance, you should use similarly configured kernels.
> Preempt decreases overall performance significantly but also increases
> interactivity greatly. Things will benchmark slower with it enabled,
> like you are experiencing.

I'm sorry - this is really dumb of me to ask: what is "increased
interactivity" in this context..?

Why might preempt be a Good Thing �, if it decreases performance..?

Thanks,

Stroller.


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