Actually, they aren't architecture specific, they are "just" a set of
patches which allow the linux kernel to be preempted for higher priority
tasks (I hope I didn't mangle that definition too much). At any rate, I
find that doing things such as long compiles, while simultaneously
playing mp3's etc... seem to work better with them installed. It makes
my computer feel snappier overall :) I've successfully installed the
preempt patches on my old machine - P2 400 and on my new XP1800+ Athlon
- all seems to work well. One other note that I'm not sure if I
mentioned in my original e-mail - I always compile linux+xfs using kgcc.
I'm tossing around using a newer gcc sometime soon, however, kgcc has
always worked very well for me. Good luck,
-Walt
Gabe E. Nydick wrote:
Eric,
Is the preempt patch supposed to fix anything with athlons?
Thanks,
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Gabe E. Nydick
Systems Lead
ClubPhoto, Inc.
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On 12/7/01 10:56 AM, "Eric Sandeen" <sandeen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 12:48, Gabe E. Nydick wrote:
I looked yesterday for the 2.4.16 patches, couldn't find them, and I
couldn't find the preempt patches either, can you point me to them?
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/2.4.16/
preempt patches:
http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/
-Eric
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