Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 25 February 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: >On Sunday 25 February 2007 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I have a problem, Con. The patch itself works fine for me, BUT it [...] >> Can we have a patch to address this? Or should I just hardcode it >> since it will never be linked to any other

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-25 Thread Con Kolivas
On Sunday 25 February 2007 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote: > I have a problem, Con. The patch itself works fine for me, BUT it doesn't > update the version.h available in > /lib/modules/2.6.20-ck1/source/include/linux to include the -ck1 in the > reported kernel version when trying to build an fglrx

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-25 Thread Con Kolivas
On Sunday 25 February 2007 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote: I have a problem, Con. The patch itself works fine for me, BUT it doesn't update the version.h available in /lib/modules/2.6.20-ck1/source/include/linux to include the -ck1 in the reported kernel version when trying to build an fglrx

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 25 February 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: On Sunday 25 February 2007 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote: I have a problem, Con. The patch itself works fine for me, BUT it [...] Can we have a patch to address this? Or should I just hardcode it since it will never be linked to any other later

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 16 February 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: >This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and > interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck > patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis > on serverspace. > >Apply to 2.6.20

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-24 Thread Fabio Comolli
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Hi Con. I usually don't

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-24 Thread Fabio Comolli
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Hi Con. I usually don't

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 16 February 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Apply to 2.6.20

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-18 Thread Ryan M.
Hi Con, Con Kolivas wrote: Would some -ck user on the mailing list like to perform a set of interbench benchmarks? They're pretty straight forward to do; see: Here are my results for AMD 3200+ (2.2Ghz, uniprocessor), 1gb RAM, 10,000RPM SATA drive after clean boots into runlevel 1.

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-18 Thread Ryan M.
Hi Con, Con Kolivas wrote: Would some -ck user on the mailing list like to perform a set of interbench benchmarks? They're pretty straight forward to do; see: Here are my results for AMD 3200+ (2.2Ghz, uniprocessor), 1gb RAM, 10,000RPM SATA drive after clean boots into runlevel 1.

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Rodney Gordon II
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 00:15 -0600, Rodney Gordon II wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 13:38 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > > mdew . writes: > > > > > On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and > > >> interactivity. > > >> It

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Rodney Gordon II
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 13:38 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > mdew . writes: > > > On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and > >> interactivity. > >> It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at >

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
On Sunday 18 February 2007 13:38, Con Kolivas wrote: > mdew . writes: > > On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and > >> interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck > >> patch is aimed at the

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
mdew . writes: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Apply

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread mdew .
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Apply to 2.6.20 any

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
Radoslaw Szkodzinski writes: On 2/18/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Generally, the penalties for getting this stuff wrong are very very high: orders of magnitude slowdowns in the right situations. Which I suspect will make any system-wide knob ultimately unsuccessful. Yes,

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Radoslaw Szkodzinski
On 2/18/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Generally, the penalties for getting this stuff wrong are very very high: orders of magnitude slowdowns in the right situations. Which I suspect will make any system-wide knob ultimately unsuccessful. Yes, they were. Now, it's an extremely

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
Andrew Morton writes: On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00:06 +1100 Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: ... > But the one I like, mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch, > has an on-off switch. > ... Do you still want this patch for

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00:06 +1100 Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > ... > > But the one I like, mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch, > > has an on-off switch. > > > > ... > > Do you still want this patch for mainline?...

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread michael chang
On 2/17/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Con Kolivas wrote: > > Maintainers are far too busy off testing code for > > 16+ cpus, petabytes of disk storage and so on to try it for themselves. > > Plus they worry incessantly that my

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Con Kolivas wrote: > > Maintainers are far too busy off testing code for > > 16+ cpus, petabytes of disk storage and so on to try it for themselves. > > Plus they worry incessantly that my patches may harm those precious > > machines'

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Chuck Ebbert
Con Kolivas wrote: > Maintainers are far too busy off testing code for > 16+ cpus, petabytes of disk storage and so on to try it for themselves. Plus > they worry incessantly that my patches may harm those precious machines' > performance... > But the one I like,

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread michael chang
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 17 February 2007 13:15, michael chang wrote: > On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thru with bashing my head against the wall. > > I do hope this post isn't in any way redundant, but from what I can > see, this

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Con Kolivas wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. このカーネルは立派だと思いますよ Running well. Thanks Con,

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Con Kolivas wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. snip このカーネルは立派だと思いますよ Running well. Thanks

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread michael chang
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 17 February 2007 13:15, michael chang wrote: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thru with bashing my head against the wall. I do hope this post isn't in any way redundant, but from what I can see, this has never

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Chuck Ebbert
Con Kolivas wrote: Maintainers are far too busy off testing code for 16+ cpus, petabytes of disk storage and so on to try it for themselves. Plus they worry incessantly that my patches may harm those precious machines' performance... But the one I like,

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: Con Kolivas wrote: Maintainers are far too busy off testing code for 16+ cpus, petabytes of disk storage and so on to try it for themselves. Plus they worry incessantly that my patches may harm those precious machines' performance...

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread michael chang
On 2/17/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: Con Kolivas wrote: Maintainers are far too busy off testing code for 16+ cpus, petabytes of disk storage and so on to try it for themselves. Plus they worry incessantly that my patches

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00:06 +1100 Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: ... But the one I like, mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch, has an on-off switch. ... Do you still want this patch for mainline?... Don't think so.

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
Andrew Morton writes: On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00:06 +1100 Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 18 February 2007 05:45, Chuck Ebbert wrote: ... But the one I like, mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch, has an on-off switch. ... Do you still want this patch for mainline?...

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Radoslaw Szkodzinski
On 2/18/07, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Generally, the penalties for getting this stuff wrong are very very high: orders of magnitude slowdowns in the right situations. Which I suspect will make any system-wide knob ultimately unsuccessful. Yes, they were. Now, it's an extremely

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
Radoslaw Szkodzinski writes: On 2/18/07, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Generally, the penalties for getting this stuff wrong are very very high: orders of magnitude slowdowns in the right situations. Which I suspect will make any system-wide knob ultimately unsuccessful. Yes, they

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread mdew .
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Apply to 2.6.20 any

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
mdew . writes: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Apply to

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Con Kolivas
On Sunday 18 February 2007 13:38, Con Kolivas wrote: mdew . writes: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Rodney Gordon II
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 13:38 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: mdew . writes: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-17 Thread Rodney Gordon II
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 00:15 -0600, Rodney Gordon II wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 13:38 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: mdew . writes: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Con Kolivas
On Saturday 17 February 2007 13:15, michael chang wrote: > On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thru with bashing my head against the wall. > > I do hope this post isn't in any way redundant, but from what I can > see, this has never been suggested... (someone please do

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread michael chang
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm thru with bashing my head against the wall. I do hope this post isn't in any way redundant, but from what I can see, this has never been suggested... (someone please do enlighten me if I'm wrong.) Has anyone tried booting a kernel with

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Con Kolivas
On Saturday 17 February 2007 11:53, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Con Kolivas wrote: > > mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch > > I like it. Thanks :-) > Is any of this stuff ever going to be merged? See the last paragraph here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/112 I'm thru with bashing my head

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Chuck Ebbert
Con Kolivas wrote: > mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch I like it. Is any of this stuff ever going to be merged? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Edouard Gomez
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:35:17 +, Edouard Gomez wrote: > It also fixed some freezes i had when working on a repository > converter for mercurial, the convertion process used to be damn slow > with pre1, it's now just fine. I didn't mean pre1, I meant the 2.6.20-rc6-ck1 patch you were hesitating

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Edouard Gomez
Working well at home and at work. It fixed the problems i had at work with hard lockups when leaving the box idling on night and getting back the day after. It also fixed some freezes i had when working on a repository converter for mercurial, the convertion process used to be damn slow with

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Malte Schröder
On Friday 16 February 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: > This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and > interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch > is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on > serverspace. Running well on quite

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Malte Schröder
On Friday 16 February 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: This patchset is designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default -ck patch is aimed at the desktop and -cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Running well on quite

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Edouard Gomez
Working well at home and at work. It fixed the problems i had at work with hard lockups when leaving the box idling on night and getting back the day after. It also fixed some freezes i had when working on a repository converter for mercurial, the convertion process used to be damn slow with

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Edouard Gomez
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:35:17 +, Edouard Gomez wrote: It also fixed some freezes i had when working on a repository converter for mercurial, the convertion process used to be damn slow with pre1, it's now just fine. I didn't mean pre1, I meant the 2.6.20-rc6-ck1 patch you were hesitating

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Chuck Ebbert
Con Kolivas wrote: mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch I like it. Is any of this stuff ever going to be merged? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Con Kolivas
On Saturday 17 February 2007 11:53, Chuck Ebbert wrote: Con Kolivas wrote: mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch I like it. Thanks :-) Is any of this stuff ever going to be merged? See the last paragraph here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/112 I'm thru with bashing my head against

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread michael chang
On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thru with bashing my head against the wall. I do hope this post isn't in any way redundant, but from what I can see, this has never been suggested... (someone please do enlighten me if I'm wrong.) Has anyone tried booting a kernel with the

Re: [ck] Re: 2.6.20-ck1

2007-02-16 Thread Con Kolivas
On Saturday 17 February 2007 13:15, michael chang wrote: On 2/16/07, Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thru with bashing my head against the wall. I do hope this post isn't in any way redundant, but from what I can see, this has never been suggested... (someone please do enlighten me