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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:57:10 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        archie@FreeBSD.org, smp@FreeBSD.org, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject:   Re: looking for locking advice..
Message-ID:  <20001221105710.U19572@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001221104756.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 10:47:56AM -0800
References:  <20001221104100.T19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <XFMail.001221104756.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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* John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> [001221 10:47] wrote:
> 
> On 21-Dec-00 Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > I wouldn't worry all too much about the distiction between interrupt
> > execution state versus non-interrupt.  Sure device nodes want to complete
> > as soon as possible, however eventually we'll have _multiple_ software
> > interrupt threads running on each processor so latency is reduced.
> 
> > ps ax | grep 'swi[0-9]' | wc -l
>        7
> 
> We already have multiple software interrupt threads that can run concurrently.
> :)

But not in the same class though, right?

You can't more than one network software inetrrupt running atm, no?

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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