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date: "2001-10-27T01:10:00Z"
title: Preempt This!
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<p>
Just upgraded my kernel to 
<a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/2.4.13/">2.4.13-ac2</a>
with the <a href="http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/">preemptible kernel
patch</a> by Robert Love.  Everything appears to be working correctly
with SMP now, and my system does seem a little bit faster (although it's
kind of hard to tell <i>;)</i>).  Anyway, 
<a href="http://www.kerneltrap.com/article.php?sid=328&amp;mode=thread&amp;order=0&amp;thold=0">here</a>
is a great interview with Robert Love describing the preemptable kernel
patch and comparing it with the other reduced-latency kernel patch
floating around.
</p>

<p>
Otherwise, things seem to be running okay.  Still no luck with the DVD
drive; I'm starting to think I've got a bum drive (it throws a ton of
errors regardless of the DVD, player, configuration, etc).  The strange
thing is I can mount and read CDs and DVDs just fine; playing them is
just a no-go.
</p>

<p>
Finally, I posted a no-documentation tarball of my mutt settings.  If
you're interested, you can grab them <a
href="/download/mutt_settings-20011027.tar.gz">here</a>. <b>Please</b>
remove my email and name before using these files.
</p>