On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 08:51 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > That makes sense, I/O tasks don't generally hold the cpu for extended > periods, whereas a cpu bound task does.
So what can we do about I/O intensive tasks that also want a lot of CPU, for example, the bloatier Gnome/KDE apps? Evolution is the worst for me. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/