diff -ru sched-2.5.59-02/kernel/sched.c sched-2.5.59-03/kernel/sched.c
--- sched-2.5.59-02/kernel/sched.c	Tue Feb  4 00:30:05 2003
+++ sched-2.5.59-03/kernel/sched.c	Tue Feb  4 00:31:43 2003
@@ -54,20 +54,19 @@
 /*
  * These are the 'tuning knobs' of the scheduler:
  *
- * Minimum timeslice is 10 msecs, default timeslice is 150 msecs,
- * maximum timeslice is 300 msecs. Timeslices get refilled after
+ * Minimum timeslice is 10 msecs, default timeslice is 100 msecs,
+ * maximum timeslice is 200 msecs. Timeslices get refilled after
  * they expire.
  */
 #define MIN_TIMESLICE		( 10 * HZ / 1000)
-#define MAX_TIMESLICE		(300 * HZ / 1000)
-#define CHILD_PENALTY		95
+#define MAX_TIMESLICE		(200 * HZ / 1000)
+#define CHILD_PENALTY		50
 #define PARENT_PENALTY		100
 #define EXIT_WEIGHT		3
 #define PRIO_BONUS_RATIO	25
 #define INTERACTIVE_DELTA	2
-#define MAX_SLEEP_AVG		(2*HZ)
-#define STARVATION_LIMIT	(2*HZ)
-#define NODE_THRESHOLD          125
+#define MAX_SLEEP_AVG		(10*HZ)
+#define STARVATION_LIMIT	(30*HZ)
 
 /*
  * If a task is 'interactive' then we reinsert it in the active
@@ -1035,9 +1034,9 @@
  * increasing number of running tasks:
  */
 #define EXPIRED_STARVING(rq) \
-		((rq)->expired_timestamp && \
+		(STARVATION_LIMIT && ((rq)->expired_timestamp && \
 		(jiffies - (rq)->expired_timestamp >= \
-			STARVATION_LIMIT * ((rq)->nr_running) + 1))
+			STARVATION_LIMIT * ((rq)->nr_running) + 1)))
 
 /*
  * This function gets called by the timer code, with HZ frequency.