On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:20:25PM +0100, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: > To improve performance I do the following. > > -- enable dma and other options in /etc/conf.d/hdparm (all_args="-c1 -d1 > -k1 -m16 -u1") > -- preemptive kernel support > -- low latency scheduling > -- run a lightweight window manager > > Yes preemptible kernel support is very desirable in general for desktop > use. It is available in vanilla 2.6 kernels and many other kernels such > as gentoo-sources. > Ok, I will try the preemtive patch again. I already tried the latest Gentoo sources but the kernel died with an panic because of a bug in sched.c(at least that was in the panic message). As a window manager I use fluxbox.
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