From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 26 13:04:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29620 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:04:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from feral-gw.feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29615 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:04:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from localhost (mjacob@localhost) by feral-gw.feral.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA20770; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:03:51 -0800 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:03:51 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob X-Sender: mjacob@feral-gw Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Matthew Dillon cc: David Wolfskill , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Error in vm_fault change In-Reply-To: <199901262100.NAA21512@apollo.backplane.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :It would be a good thing to add knobs back in to try and give some control > :over interactive vs. single task throughput performance. > : > > Well, you know what they say: Knobs are made to be broken ... off! > Yes. In general I agree with you. On the other hand, it may be too hard a problem to solve without some kind of hint. If not knobs, a config option. The needs of a desktop are not the same as a file server and cannot be inferred from short term metrics. Long term metrics, maybe, but who want's to wait 2 weeks for a file server to become optimal? -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message