Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 10:06:51 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current jumpieness Message-ID: <200009020806.e8286px12359@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009010332560.41426-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> ; from Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> "Fri, 01 Sep 2000 03:33:54 MST." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009010332560.41426-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> > What makes you say that? Are you seeing the problem as well? > > Not definitively, but many others have also complained since it went > in. It's one of the things Mark is trying to address by moving it to a > kthread. It _is_ most likely the random device, and I have a kthread improvement; however kthreads are currently cooperative, not preemptive, so the code "feels" similar[1]. I hold high hopes for the SMPng project fixing this (for UP and MP). [1] there are some hacks-and-kluges that can work around this, but they are gross. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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