[Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:11:29] man, those tunables were a hit [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:11:40] yeah, I might rip them ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:12:02] 10000_NoSched-rip-vipernicus-tunables.patch [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:12:05] you've got mail [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:12:58] you said no right? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:13:21] if you merge with beyond I'll have no competition ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:13:36] granted, there isn't really much competition anyway between -no and any of the others, because -no is -mm [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:13:40] hell no i didn't merge [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:13:59] being -mm automatically makes it different ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:14:10] yeah [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:14:18] i'm doing something different now too [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:14:32] going the swiss army knife route [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:14:37] -mm is too different to be compared though, each release varies on stability and b0rkednes [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:15:27] * cheater-conrad wishes to maintain a stable patchset some time [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:15:46] it's nice [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:15:50] more options [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:16:01] you kinda back yourself into a corner with -mm [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:16:12] but that time is when i get overthrown as ruler of no-sources [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:16:17] because I can't maintain 2 patchsets [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:16:43] yeah [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:16:54] i'm handing -viper over to AStorm temporarily [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:17:01] bbl [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:17:06] you should hand it to me ;-( [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:17:11] I'd take it gladly [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:17:17] for a couple releases atleast [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:17:27] I'd love to experience what I can do with a stable patchset [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:18:33] seriously though, who's astorm :-p [Wed Aug 30 2006] [20:19:36] but, if you want to give me atleast one release, I'd be glad to make one [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:00:47] he's a newb with kernels, but he's in that, read everything phase [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:01:09] quick learner, and already good at programming [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:01:19] let me take a release [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:01:23] so i told him he could help me make a few releases of viper [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:01:30] he's already nearly finished with rc5-viper1 [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:02:29] AStorm used to use no-sources, I wasn't a big fan of him [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:02:37] he used to question me all the time [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:02:42] and challenge me [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:02:51] is that bad? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:02:58] no, just annoying as hell [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:02:59] :-p [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:03:01] yeah [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:03:38] i got tired of it, so I just started telling him," because I felt like it" [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:06:30] not bad though [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:06:43] I'm just too busy to contemplate most* things ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:06:48] yeah [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:06:53] what have you been up to lately? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:06:55] is viper still on plugsched? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:07:01] not really [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:07:11] http://vipernicus.evolution-mission.org/patches/2.6.18-rc4/viper3/patches/ [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:07:20] nothing really, no computer, school, and football [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:07:23] that's my unreleased version [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:08:03] seriously, could you let me release atleast one release of viper [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:08:21] you know, I'd want to see how I could do with a vanilla [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:08:29] sure [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:08:43] maybe rc5-viper2 or rc6-viper1 [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:08:52] I mean, just one atleast, you know I always take care of my patches for -no [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:00] yeah, i don't care [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:05] ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:09] mind if I implement NoSched? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:10] i mean for -viper to just be a playground for patches [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:16] i don't care, go for it [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:30] though, i don't see a reason to [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:42] the tunables handle most of the users needs [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:43] you know, NoSched = ingosched, sexy staircase, additional features [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:09:59] you have additional features now? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:03] the tunables are fine, I'll implement those [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:11] vipernicus NoSched has always had additional features [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:14] on staircase atleast [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:19] ingosched is pretty plain usually [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:27] yeah, ingosched is useless to me [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:49] not to several people though ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:10:55] true [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:11:54] I have x86, x86_64, and PPC users all dedicated to ingo [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:01] for reasons beyond me [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:15] all my PPC users seem to use it for some reason [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:27] they seem to be the majority that were against staircase [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:41] http://vipernicus.evolution-mission.org/patches/2.6.17/emission8/patches/ [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:43] also, why didn't you implement rcu preempt? [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:44] ignore the genetics patch [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:12:56] but i'm getting great results with emission8 [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:02] bugs [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:08] got then worked out now though [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:17] had to stay in convo with devs to fix it [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:21] it was their bug [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:26] broke classic rcu [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:29] if it's fixed, send me the fixed stuff [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:40] http://vipernicus.evolution-mission.org/patches/2.6.17/emission8/patches/029-genetic-as-2.6.17.patch [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:13:44] why did you even upload that :-p [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:00] going to do some benchmarks, plus someone requested it [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:18] i also had to inform jakem to build his patches over jens new git-block [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:25] same with elevator guy [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:32] they were all clueless [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:43] benchmarks may be deceiving [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:46] do it extraneously [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:14:55] genetic is fine under no load [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:15:04] you got mail [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:15:15] i'm going to recommend it only for File Server Tunable users [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:15:34] it pleases the ricers, and gets used where it needs to be used [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:15:44] blah, that's yucky [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:15:53] no way anyone has a use for genetics [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:16:12] imagine someone with a samba server, or even a SQL server [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:16:21] still useless ;) [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:16:22] someone that streams MP3s from his samba [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:16:30] genetics is useful there [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:16:42] no genetics is about as useful though [Wed Aug 30 2006] [21:16:46] haha