Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:49:56 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org> To: ushasri tummala <tummala.ushasri@gmail.com> Cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-15?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the time between 2 mi_switches in freebsd. Message-ID: <20081008174956.GA98121@nexus.in-nomine.org> In-Reply-To: <53fa490b0810081014k7c6c3ddfs8f43526da72d881@mail.gmail.com> References: <53fa490b0810071947j23fc0f72n5360b6f174ddc96d@mail.gmail.com> <86ljwzqblx.fsf@ds4.des.no> <53fa490b0810081014k7c6c3ddfs8f43526da72d881@mail.gmail.com>
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-On [20081008 19:15], ushasri tummala (tummala.ushasri@gmail.com) wrote: >I just want to know how its(time between 2 mi_switch()) calculated and in >which variable is it stored in the code.(FreeBSD 5.2 release) >This is not addressed in text book. What Dag-Erling meant to say, and if I recall correctly, a switch() is highly dependent on your hardware. So the time taken for a specific machine can be vastly different from another machine. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai イェルーン ラウフロック ヴァン デル ウェルヴェン http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ | GPG: 2EAC625B Lead us to the place, guide us with your grace, to a place where we'll be safe...
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