Re: BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks and measurements

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/08/2009 02:54 AM, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> On Sun September 6 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >  [...]
> > For reference, my system is:
> >
> > CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4GHz)
> > Mainboard: Asus P5E (Intel X38 chipset)
> > RAM: 6GB (2+2+1+1) dual channel DDR2 800
> > GPU: RV770 (Radeon HD4870).
>
> My Phenom 9550 (2.2Ghz) whips the pants off my Intel Q6600 (2.6Ghz). I and a
> friend of mine both get large amounts of stalling when doing a lot of IO. I
> haven't seen such horrible desktop interactivity since before the new
> schedulers and the -ck patchset came out for 2.4.x. Its a heck of a lot better
> on my AMD Phenom's, but some lag is noticeable these days, even when it wasn't
> a few kernel releases ago.

It seems someone tried BFS on quite slower hardware: Android.  According 
to the feedback, the device is much more responsive with BFS: 
http://twitter.com/cyanogen
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