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jwcj@rlb6000.scs.uiuc.edu (John Chen) wrote:

>This might have been asked before but I managed to not read any of it
>until now that I'm trying to use Executive.  :(

>Anyway, I have been trying unsuccesfully to make Executive not schedule
>any of the AmiTCP processes, including aslip and others, but have not
>been successsful.  Executive is somehow scheduling my slip connection,
>so my max transfer rate usually drops from about 1.6-1.8Kps to .5-1Kps!
>I tried to make Executive ignore the following tasks: aslip.device,
>AmiTCP, napsaterm, serial.device, and input.device.  The throughput
>increased slightyly after I told it to ignore input.device, but it is
>apparent Executive is still doing some interference as I get long pauses
>in my interactive sessions and ftp sessions that I normally do not get.
>So if anyone has successfully gotten them to coexist please let me know.
>Thanks.
>--
>John Chen
>jwcj@rlb6000.scs.uiuc.edu
>Be happier!

Executive shouldn't be scheduling any of these tasks.
Check your Executive prefs. The catch range should have a maximum of
about 2. So input.device's default priority of 20 should not be
scheduled.
Get a program like PRIMAN to look at the real prioritys of your tasks.
You should find that most device drivers have a priorty of 5 so
Executive should not touch them at all.

How are you measuring your throughput ?
If its a FTP/WWW connection then you may need to raise the priority of
your Browser/FTP client, or make it less 'nice'.

 

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