From owner-freebsd-smp Thu Jan 10 11:23:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D01B037B41D for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:23:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id B491010DDF7; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:23:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:23:23 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Terry Lambert Cc: Steve Kargl , smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux moves to per CPU run queues Message-ID: <20020110112323.F7984@elvis.mu.org> References: <3C3CF60B.CE5F3E6C@mindspring.com> <20020109203747.A86842@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <3C3DE6DB.5210233E@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C3DE6DB.5210233E@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:09:15AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Terry Lambert [020110 11:09] wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 06:01:47PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > As I have been suggesting for FreeBSD for some time, Linux has > > > just moved to per CPU run queues to reduce scheduler contention > > > and to improve affinity. > > > > > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0201.0/0810.html > > > > Where are your patches? > > Why not commit Alfred's patches instead? I talked them over > with him a number of times in the break room when we were > both working at ClickArray, and they are very close (all you > would need to do is remove the global run queue dependency he > kept). My patches are leet, but no one would give them the time of day. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductable donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message