[ubuntu-x] Test kernel for perf issues on -intel

[Michael Larabel]

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A few performance boosts are prominent when switching to the newer kernel.

-- Michael Larabel

Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Tim pointed me to this:
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> bryce: 2.6.30-rc2 has a bunch of i915 patches from Dave Arlie. He claims
> big performance improvements which likely address out issues in
> Jaunty. Is it possible for you to run that kernel somewhere and test the
> results?
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>  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30-rc2
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> If anyone has hardware that they're seeing the -intel performance
> regression and would be willing to test the above, please do so and
> report results here.
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> (It would be especially helpful if you could run a 3d game that prints
> fps, to measure both before and after.)
>
> Bryce
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