From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 1 15:44:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05165 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:44:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp10.portal.net.au [202.12.71.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA05144; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:44:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA07019; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:24:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812010124.RAA07019@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bruce Evans cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jc@irbs.com, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dog Sloooow SMP In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Dec 1998 02:33:53 +1100." <199811301533.CAA00461@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:24:09 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> >No idea. I've received verification that fixing this for all 686-class > >> >CPUs seems to work (ie. it's OK on the Cyrix MII and doesn't appear to > >> >impact performance there), so the tests are now generalised for the > >> >entire 686-class. > >> > >> It's only OK for MII's because of various `#if 0's and `#ifdef SMP's > >> that prevent non-OK code from running on MII's. > > > >Care to comment on which operations aren't OK? I did ask for this in > >the review phase, with no feedback. > > Most wrmsr()s and rdmsr()s. I must admit I'd hoped that you would interpret this as "please identify those operations that are not OK". It's obvious that some are and some aren't, but not actually identifying *which* ones is not helpful. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message