Re: How to switch scheduler on 7.0?

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 at 21:59 +0200, daniel.tourde@xxxxxxxx confabulated:

Hi!

I would like to switch scheduler on my FreeBSD 7.0 box but I don't know how to
do that. The scheduler by default has terrible performances under KDE/Gnome
and I would like to test the new one.

In light of your message, I was provoked to switched my workstation at work to using the sched_ule thread scheduler. I do not have remote access set up via a graphical interface, so I can not test anything yet as far as KDE is concerned. However, I have noticed a performance increase with an ssh session into my workstation. Whether this is psychological or not, I doubt as I have become sensitive over the years to network speed.

I am running on a dual Pentium III system:

duane# grep CPU /var/run/dmesg.boot
CPU: Intel Pentium III (999.67-MHz 686-class CPU)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
...

Nothing else has been altered from default settings as far as any make files or anything else. This was a complete install from scratch.

-d
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