Ok, I'm not even sure if I have the correct term here so bear with me
:-P Just to get things straight, balancing CPU load is called
scheduling, correct? I was just wondering if anybody on the list knows
of a kernel patch or an already patched kernel src tree that will
immediately give the majority of the available CPU resources to whatever
it is that you're doing in the foreground. For example, say I'm on X
checking mail and talking on Gaim or something and meanwhile I have a
really large set of packages like KDE compiling on a virtual console.
I'd sort of like it to work this way:
As soon as I start actively running new programs like Mozilla and
interacting with them, I'd like the kernel to immediately schedule as
many resources as are needed to keep what I'm doing running smoothly.
Currently, when I'm compiling large packages in the background, it
leaves everything else jittery and extremely slow. I'd also like the
kernel to schedule most of the system's resources back to the compile
job is I ever leave what I'm doing idle for a while (possibly without
closing the programs I was using.) I know that this is probably just
dreaming, but are there any kernels out there that will at least come
kinda sorta close to this? :-P Thanks very much in advance :)
James
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:-P Just to get things straight, balancing CPU load is called
scheduling, correct? I was just wondering if anybody on the list knows
of a kernel patch or an already patched kernel src tree that will
immediately give the majority of the available CPU resources to whatever
it is that you're doing in the foreground. For example, say I'm on X
checking mail and talking on Gaim or something and meanwhile I have a
really large set of packages like KDE compiling on a virtual console.
I'd sort of like it to work this way:
As soon as I start actively running new programs like Mozilla and
interacting with them, I'd like the kernel to immediately schedule as
many resources as are needed to keep what I'm doing running smoothly.
Currently, when I'm compiling large packages in the background, it
leaves everything else jittery and extremely slow. I'd also like the
kernel to schedule most of the system's resources back to the compile
job is I ever leave what I'm doing idle for a while (possibly without
closing the programs I was using.) I know that this is probably just
dreaming, but are there any kernels out there that will at least come
kinda sorta close to this? :-P Thanks very much in advance :)
James
--
My blog: http://www.crazydrclaw.com/
My homepage: http://james.colannino.org/
"Black holes are where God divided by zero." --Steven Wright
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