Zan Lynx
Senior Member
Last Activity: 01-18-2020, 08:31 PM
Joined: 01-19-2012
Location: Denver, CO
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When I've read about async TRIM, potential drive command reordering doesn't have any effect on it. Nothing is ever written to the areas which are queued... -
Someone told me laptop makers use this "silent" policy on boot to avoid the problem of the fans coming on maximum. Once the OS takes control...Leave a comment:
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OK but I also do builds on a Dell laptop with a 4 core i7 and Intel iGPU and I don't get Wayland lag there either. I actually credit it to Fedora's systemd...Leave a comment:
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I use my 3900X for Android Studio NDK projects and Rust builds all the time. That is what I built it for. I have literally never seen a half second mouse...Leave a comment:
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I play Doom 2016, Stellaris, Pillars of Eternity, Tyranny and ooh, Peggle using a Ubuntu Gnome Wayland session. Those are all Steam games and work out...Leave a comment:
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What can I say? I run Fedora with Gnome user sessions. I do terminal windows, various games, Android Studio, LibreOffice, Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird....Leave a comment:
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I've been using Wayland on all of my physical Linux systems since about 2016. It's been solid.
As far as I can tell everyone who doesn't...Leave a comment:
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Zan Lynx replied to The Linux Kernel's Scheduler Apparently Causing Issues For Google Stadia Game Developersin Linux GamingAlso, Ubuntu 18's systemd configuration was broken (in my opinion). I had wondered why my Ryzen 3900X would bog down while compiling big Android Studio...Leave a comment:
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Zan Lynx replied to The Linux Kernel's Scheduler Apparently Causing Issues For Google Stadia Game Developersin Linux GamingA userspace syscall is a contradiction. The closest thing to that is the futex and that's already implemented. They are very efficient....Leave a comment:
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Zan Lynx replied to The Linux Kernel's Scheduler Apparently Causing Issues For Google Stadia Game Developersin Linux GamingThe way glibc implements futexes on Linux uses userspace spinlocks. It's not unusual. It's pretty much the standard anywhere.
A futex (Fast...Leave a comment:
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I haven't measured, but I have not noticed much of a slowdown in kernel compiles on my systems. Do you maybe use a small setting for sysctl vm.dirty_bytes...Leave a comment:
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BTRFS or ZFS on top of MDRAID is half useless. Don't use it that way.
Errors can be detected but never repaired and you'll have to rebuild...Leave a comment:
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TRIM is only fast when it's queued and some drives had bugs with that so I believe Linux disabled all queued TRIM. It might still be allowed on NVMe.Leave a comment:
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