2.6.8.1-ck3

Patchset update.

These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness with specific emphasis on the desktop, but configurable to any workload.

Web site with faq:
http://kernel.kolivas.org
Patches:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.8.1/2.6.8.1-ck3/

ck2 was very similar for internal testing and didn't have the final fix for the cd audio burning problem making a new version necessary.

Added since 2.6.8.1-ck1:

+limit_hz.diff
minimise the lower Hz setting until I get a better fix for the rare problem that occurs low Hz into staircase.

+cddvd-cmdfilter-drop.patch
back out changes that prevent non-root users writing cds until userspace catches up

+cool-spinlocks-i386.diff
completely out of line spinlocks decrease kernel size and may decrease cache trashing

+bio_uncopy_user-mem-leak.patch
+bio_uncopy_user2.diff
These are the bugfixes for the memory leak and the dud cds burnt when burning audio and videocds

+fbsplash-0.9-r5-2.6.8-rc3.patch.bz2
Early release of gensplash (replacement for bootsplash) patch for graphical bootup; see: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/

+make-tree_lock-an-rwlock.patch.bz2
+invalidate_inodes-speedup.patch
Compatibility patches for reiser4 from -mm

+2.6.8.1-mm2-reiser4.diff.bz2
Reiser4 filesystem

Changed:
~kiflush3.diff
Fixed the software suspend bug; changed the daemon to sleep for a minute if it goes idle and be put to sleep if kswapd wakes up.

~akpm-latency-fix.patch
Rolled up latency hacks

Removed:
-token-thrashing-control
This was adversely affecting performance at low to medium levels of swap usage which is far more common than swap trashing.

Full patch series:
from_2.6.8.1_to_staircase7.I.bz2
schedrange.diff
schedbatch2.4.diff
schediso2.5.diff
sched-adjust-p4gain
hard_swappiness1.diff
supermount-ng204.diff.bz2
defaultcfq.diff
config_hz.diff
limit_hz.diff
1g_lowmem_i386.diff
kiflush3.diff
akpm-latency-fix.patch
9000-SuSE-117-writeback-lat.patch
cddvd-cmdfilter-drop.patch
cool-spinlocks-i386.diff
bio_uncopy_user-mem-leak.patch
bio_uncopy_user2.diff
fbsplash-0.9-r5-2.6.8-rc3.patch.bz2
make-tree_lock-an-rwlock.patch.bz2
invalidate_inodes-speedup.patch
2.6.8.1-mm2-reiser4.diff.bz2
2.6.8.1-ck3-version.diff

Cheers,
Con