The New Linux 2.6 Scheduler

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 1:23 pm

Interesting little article from ARS about the new Linux 2.6 Kernel Scheduler. Here's the link:

http://www.arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html

I wonder if we would see any improvements with just 2 processors. I'm thinking about recompiling MD Linux 9.2 with the new 2.6 kernel.

What do you guys think?

tapeworm · Post by **tapeworm** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 9:04 pm

i don't know about the scheduler, all i know is that i won't go back to 2.4, 2.6 is MUCH more responsive from a desktop user standpoint.

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:17 am

tapeworm wrote:i don't know about the scheduler, all i know is that i won't go back to 2.4, 2.6 is MUCH more responsive from a desktop user standpoint.

That's one things the article talked about.

Great! Now, I just need to get all my capacitors replaced on my main Linux system and I'll be able to go to 2.6!

Thanx for the feedback, tapeworm!

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:46 am

I am also running Debian unstable with the latest stable 2.6.0. I am really impressed how smooth my "new" 2x400MHz Celeron BP6 works on it. Definitely recommended!

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:04 am

purrkur wrote:I am also running Debian unstable with the latest stable 2.6.0. I am really impressed how smooth my "new" 2x400MHz Celeron BP6 works on it. Definitely recommended!

Very cool! Thanx, purrkur!

Have you considered upgrading your BIOS to the newest RV?

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:56 am

hyperspace wrote:Have you considered upgrading your BIOS to the newest RV?

Yeah, I have considered it but I can't see the immediate need though. My board is pretty old (from 1998) and I plan to change some caps a bit later on. I might upgrade the BIOS then as well. It has the latest Abit approved BIOS in it allready and it is rock solid for me (even with the old and original caps). The only issue I have found is that the fan headers don't work anymore. I might try to fix that as well.

I will probably document my motherboard makeover and I will let everybody know when that is up on the web somewhere.

Cheers,

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:33 pm

Installed ManDrake Linux 10.0 and I must say the 2.6.3 SMP kernel has given my BP6 some new life! Everything seems to be much more responsive. I was experiencing some strange SCSI errors (/var/log/syslog). Haven't seen any since the new install. Still get the APCI errors, though.

uname -a:

Linux multiverse 2.6.3-4mdksmp #1 SMP Tue Mar 2 06:45:06 CET 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

My system was locking up every couple of days. After install, no lockups (keeping fingers crossed)!

PJWilkin · Post by **PJWilkin** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:50 am

There are two schedulers in 2.6, obviously one is designed for "database" servers, the other for desktops.

The default one (if enabled) works ok here

PJWilkin · Post by **PJWilkin** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:52 am

Smooth on 2.6.5

Linux rachel.orbitsville.net.local 2.6.5 #1 SMP Sun Apr 4 17:07:11 BST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Now if the damn APIC errors would just go away

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:01 am

PJWilkin wrote:Smooth on 2.6.5

Linux rachel.orbitsville.net.local 2.6.5 #1 SMP Sun Apr 4 17:07:11 BST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Now if the damn APIC errors would just go away

Welcome to BP6.Com, PJWilkin!

I have seen some information about using the kernel option, "noapci". Haven't tried it, yet. Need to find out more about this option, first.

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:41 pm

Hyperspace...

You mean "acpi", right? Well, if so then you don't need to worry about "noacpi" because you should have something similar in your startup:

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ACPI disabled because your bios is from 00 and too old
You can enable it with acpi=force

Btw:

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Linux loki 2.6.5 #2 SMP Wed Apr 28 20:35:13 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

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tapeworm · Post by **tapeworm** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:40 am

PJWilkin wrote:Smooth on 2.6.5

Linux rachel.orbitsville.net.local 2.6.5 #1 SMP Sun Apr 4 17:07:11 BST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Now if the damn APIC errors would just go away

just ignore them. they are known to be harmless on the bp6 since years ago. if you really don't want so see them recompile your kernel commenting out the opportune printf in the sources (now i don't remember the name of the file, but a quick grep on the kernel should help you find it quickly)

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:15 am

well, Fedora is sucking...
can't get win98se to look at samba share
or figure out how to samba share because of bugs
ksetispy needs C+ compiler, great where's that
install KDE environment
disk 1, disk 2, disk 1, disk 2, disk 1, disk 2
did I mention, disk 1, disk 2, oh look, can't read disk 2, start again.
dammit. if linux is so damned great, why does the great Redhat just suck doing a simple windows type thing.

what else is there.....
I know windows. someone help me.
debian ?>?
mandrake ?
2.x.y. wtrf....

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