Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:30:14 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ULE/SCHED_SMP diff for 7.0 Message-ID: <469D18C6.60309@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <469CE12B.5010506@FreeBSD.org> References: <20070716233030.D92541@10.0.0.1> <469CE12B.5010506@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Jeff Roberson wrote: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~jeff/ule.diff >> >> This patch is scheduled for inclusion in 7.0. I would like anyone who >> cares to run it to validate that it does not create any stability or >> performance regression over the existing ULE. > > Not only does it "work for me," but it's a huge improvement in terms > of interactivity for my mouse and keyboard. I have a C2D, and using > either 4BSD or the old ULE I had gaps where mouse or keyboard activity > would stall, then "catch up" all at once. Very annoying. So far I > haven't had any of that, which is great. > > I haven't heavily stressed the system yet, but I did at least leave it > running overnight, and 8 hours later it's still up, so that's > something. :) Ok, I ran a -j3 buildworld while I was working on other stuff, and everything stayed nice and responsive. No lag for mouse or keyboard, and the buildworld finished in a timely manner. And sorry I forgot to mention above that I'm running my C2D in i386 mode. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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