Re: netscape + SIGUNUSED -> 96% CPU

Aaron Ucko (UCKO@vax1.rockhurst.edu)
Fri, 02 Aug 1996 08:49:57 -0600 (CST)

>That's one of the reasons why linux's interactive behaviour is really
>pretty good even under load. If I've got a large simulation plus a
>compile going on in the background, response time in interactive
>sessions is still instantaneous.

Depends on hardware. I've got a 486DX2/66 with 8M RAM swapping to IDE;
if I compile the kernel and run Netscape at the same time, disk activity
goes up markedly, both processes run at a snail's pace, and interactive
performance isn't too hot either. OTOH, doing significantly better in
this case would take a miracle.

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