From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fix for slow process output processing (please test). Date: 06 Jan 2004 00:23:08 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87y8so7kjy.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> <2914-Mon05Jan2004210950+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073349005 3193 80.91.224.253 (6 Jan 2004 00:30:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 00:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: offby1@blarg.net, Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 06 01:30:02 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Adf6f-0002tZ-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2004 01:30:01 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Adf6f-0000Dj-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2004 01:30:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Adg3x-0006V2-Ii for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:31:17 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Adfyz-0004YE-Dn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:26:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Adfxu-0004DE-PO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:25:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.106.56.14] (helo=server0027.freedom2surf.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1Adfxt-0004CD-K2; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:25:01 -0500 Original-Received: from wanchan.jasonr.f2s.com (jasonrumney.net [195.137.77.250]) by server0027.freedom2surf.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-7) with ESMTP id i060NN0f019095; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 00:23:24 GMT Original-Received: from NYAUMO (nyaumo.jasonrumney.net [10.0.0.27]) by wanchan.jasonr.f2s.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07BCADDE5F; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 00:21:37 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:19031 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19031 David Kastrup writes: > What kind of machine do you have? Single or double processor? Is > the processor capable of hyperthreading? Single Processor: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~796 Mhz whatever that means. Hyperthreading wasn't introduced until at least the P4 was it? > Anyway, it would appear that the effect of adaptive buffering would be > rather negative (as witnessed by the initial large delay). We should > certainly try to find out what causes this large delay because the > cause might be impacting Emacs in other areas as well. Agreed.