sched_ule performance on single CPU

[Unga]

--- Pete French <petefrench at ticketswitch.com> wrote:

> > What I refer is, when quickly open multiple tabs
> (7 or
> > 8) in firefox and click on the fist tab to type
> user
> > id while other tabs still downloading, its seems
> there
> > is a minor yet noticeable delay that I did not
> > experience with sched_4bsd.
> 
> Ah, O.K. - havent noticed that, and it wouldnt
> bother me
> really. What I found is that if you are doing a
> 'make buildworld'
> in a window then you can't really use firefox
> properly
> at all using 4BSD, but you can with ULE. For that I
> am
> happy to put up with minor delays - overally it's a
> lot
> more usable.
> 
> > To me, its seems there is no noticeable gain with
> > sched_ule, but rather the desktop is bit slow to
> > respond.
> 
> Try the compiling experiment and see if you get the
> same effect
> as I did. For me it;s a bit win, because I couldnt
> use the
> desktop when I was compiling code. Swingd and
> roundabouts
> though - if you dont od big comiles then it may seem
> theres no
> benifit for you.
> 

I listen to FLAC on amarok on professional headphones
at the same time browsing web while compiling 'make
buildworld' :) 

Unga

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