why did Ubuntu turn off kernel preemption in Edgy?

[Phillip Susi]

Luka Renko wrote:
> Any idea if dyntick patches are on the level that we could consider them for 
> special -laptop kernel and leave -generic on 1000 HZ for desktop users?

I was wondering the same thing.  Windows has been able to dynamically 
increase the timer frequency in response to the needs of multimedia apps 
for years.  Surely Linux can do that these days?


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