Re: 2.2.1 loosing 2 ticks: switching virtual console

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 23:06:31 +0100


Hello,

> I've found out that thekernel looses many ticks when I switch the
> virtual console using Alt+Fx. It could be the key combination, or it
> could be the console switching per se. I don't know which, but maybe
> someone can find it easily.

As far as I remember, console switching is called from console_bh
with interrupts enabled.

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"Linux hackers are funny people -- they count the time in patchlevels."

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/