2.6.11-ck4

[Con Kolivas]

These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness. It is 
configurable to any workload but the default ck* patch is aimed at the 
desktop and ck*-server is available with more emphasis on serverspace.

Apply to 2.6.11:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-ck4/patch-2.6.11-ck4.bz2
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-ck4/patch-2.6.11-ck4-server.bz2

web:
http://kernel.kolivas.org
all patches:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/
Split patches available.


Changes since 2.6.11-ck2 (last public announcement):

Changed:
~schediso2.12.diff
Small policy fix to ensure real time tasks without privileges get dropped to 
SCHED_ISO


Added:
+cfq-ts21-fix1.diff
+cfq-ts21-fix2.diff
Two small cfq bugfixes

+s10.6_s10.7.diff
Micro-optimisations for staircase cpu scheduler

+patch-2.6.11.7
Latest stable version

+2611ck4-version.diff
Version


Removed:
-nvidia_6111-6629_compat2.diff
Nvidia compatibility no longer required with new nvidia driver

-patch-2.6.11.1
-patch-2.6.11.2
-2611ck2-version.diff
obvious


Full patchlist:
 2.6.11_to_staircase10.5.diff
 s10.5_s10.6.diff
 s10.6_s10.7.diff
Latest version of the staircase O(1) single priority array 
foreground-background cpu scheduler

 schedrange.diff
Eases addition of scheduling policies

 schedbatch2.7.diff
Idle cpu scheduling

 schediso2.12.diff
Unprivileged low latency cpu scheduling

 mapped_watermark3.diff
Lighter memory scanning under light loads and far less swapping

 1g_lowmem1_i386.diff
Support 1GB of memory without enabling HIGHMEM

 cddvd-cmdfilter-drop.patch
Support normal user burning of cds

 cfq-ts-21.diff
 cfq-ts21-fix.diff
 cfq-ts21-fix1.diff
 cfq-ts21-fix2.diff
Complete fair queueing timeslice i/o scheduler v21

 defaultcfq.diff
Enable the cfq I/O scheduler by default (-ck)

default_deadline.diff 
Enable the deadline I/O scheduler by default (-server)

 isobatch_ionice2.diff
Support for i/o priorities suitable for SCHED_ISO and SCHED_BATCH tasks

 rt_ionice.diff
Support for i/o priority suitable for real time tasks

 patch-2.6.11.7
The latest stable tree.

 2611ck4-version.diff
Version

and available separately in the patches/ dir as an addon:
 supermount-ng208-2611.diff
Simplest way to automount removable media


And don't forget to pour one of these before booting this kernel:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/cognac.JPG


Cheers,
Con

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