On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 06:46:10AM -0500, Edward Paul Wehrwein wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello. > > > > I have been using the 2.6 kernel for a while in my system > > and noticed that the desktop is not responsive under cpu load. > > kernel gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r5 is better for me in this > > respect. > > > > Maybe I am missing something when configuring 2.6. Is there > > any specific configuration to make the desktop more > > responsive under load? > > > > Any comments? > > > > Romildo > > If I had to guess I'd say that the extra patches in gentoo-sources still > provide superior performance under load compared to a vanilla 2.6. However, > that's just a guess; I know the O(1) scheduler is in 2.6 but I don't know > what else gentoo-sources has that might not be in 2.6.
You also may want to enable the pre-emptable kernel option under processors features. -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
