On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 11:55, Christian Aust wrote: > Hi all, > > I've tried the latest 2.4.21-ac kernel sources (both r6 and r7) because > my Compaq Evo N800c needs the latest acpi stuff that's available there. > The system runs fine, but when I do something rather demanding (say, > compiling a kernel, syncing the portage), the system seems to be much > less responsive than the gentoo-2.4.20 that I've used before. The mouse > stops every now and then, and it seems as if the computer almost came to > a halt (for some seconds, not more). > > Until now I figured that Linux does state-of-the-art multithreading and > scheduling, so why is it like this? What can I do to change it? Best > regards, > hmmm, some generic ideas:
do you have dma-enabled? did you enable low-latency-scheduling and preemptive-kernel options when compiling the kernel? you could increase the nice level of X gabor > - Christian -- "Don't worry. I used the back of my sword. Oh, it's double-sided. Sorry." -Zelgadis, Slayers
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