beware, I think this sysctl does something different on 3.x as I think there was a code freeze on 3.x when we fixed it..
On Sat, 15 May 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > This reduces the effect an idprio seti background task has on the rest of > the system. > > sysctl -w kern.quantum=20000 > > The default is 100,000 ( 100ms ) which, for a modern cpu, is much more > chunky then it needs to be. Reducing it to 20ms makes a big difference. > At 100000 I can feel the slow response with seti running in the > background. > At 20000 it is much less pronounced. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dil...@backplane.com> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
