anyone using the pre-empt kernel patch?

[Net Llama]

--- Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:14:49 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <beemer9 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering if anyone had tried out the kernel pre-empt patch,
> and if
> > so, what were the results?  I've read some encouraging stuff, but
> what i
> > want are personal stories of whether there is a noticable
> performance
> > improvement on a desktop box.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I am running 2.5.7 with the pre-empt option enabled... I don't notice
> any
> difference what-so-ever. I guess it's up to "the benchmarks" to show
> the
> vaul of this new kernel option.

That's what i was afraid of.  Unless the box is getting driven really
hard, there won't be any noticable difference.

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