linux 2.1.x -- poor multitasking?
Does anyone else find the multitasking in Linux 2.1.42 and thereabouts
pretty bad? My system is a Cyrix 6x86-P150+ with 32mb, and while
I'm compiling the kernel for example, other processes run very
slowly, especially when accessing the disk; it can take
five seconds to get another prompt, a long time to login, etc.
The load isn't very high either.
It doesn't happen in 2.0.30; I first noticed it around 2.1.3x.
I do have Triton DMA support enabled, in case it's relevant.
Anyone else having this problem? Unfortunately I don't
subscribe to linux-kernel because I expect the volume is very high.
Hamish
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