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: [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: [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: [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: [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: [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: [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