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diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 89e2292c0b90914db6618e5f93cf0b9970d6db9a..f692d58b807904f27a05b76503fa0671a7f04146 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ TODO: fix rounding of colors when !xft (#aaaaaa => #a9a900) (do not use correct,
         - unbundled iom perl interface somewhat.
         - scrollbar-xterm now uses the selected scrollColor instead of fg
           (found by Aiviru).
+        - disabled linux kernel bug workaround again: disabling it gives
+          a 50% speed hit on affected machines, while enabling it gives
+          a similar speed hit to screen, which is likely the more common
+          case to work around for :/
         - urxvt::rend2mask perl function, and utilization of it by matcher
-          (patch by Moshe Kamensky)
-        - use perl:matcher on a keysym to open most recently displayed URL
-        - with matcher, when multiple patterns match, last wins, not first
+          (patch by Moshe Kamensky).
+        - use perl:matcher on a keysym to open most recently displayed URL.
+        - with matcher, when multiple patterns match, last wins, not first.
 
 8.1  Thu Dec  7 22:27:25 CET 2006
         - ｹﾘｽﾏｽﾌ゚ﾚｾ゙ﾝﾄ - zomg!!1, it's too early!!!

diff --git a/src/feature.h b/src/feature.h
index bc1ff5cd918cd91e0b87684133f92b8993cfca13..d1dd21f0085427191e089df1cc6a86596238e836 100644 (file)
--- a/src/feature.h
+++ b/src/feature.h
@@ -391,10 +391,15 @@
 
 /*
  * Enable the linux yield/usleep hack, which can dramatically improve
- * performance without hurting. See command.C for details.
+ * performance by working around the linux kernel tty ratelimit bug.
+ * Unfortunately, it seems screen is negatively affected by this on some
+ * machines, so it is disabled by default. Use freebsd or any other kernel
+ * that doesn't suffer form this bug and it will be fast either way.
+ *
+ * See command.C for details.
  */
 #if __linux__
-# define LINUX_YIELD_HACK 1
+# define LINUX_YIELD_HACK 0
 #endif
 
 #endif