Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 22:55:00 +0000 From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> Cc: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>, alc@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent sys/vm/ changes and nvidia-driver Message-ID: <AANLkTimZxQDqliRR5pnFy9pOgdiwSTODs2VdeQfPQck7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <w2zb1fa29171005081444uf7c5e978kec1d69358d8753f2@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTil0Gs3shexWm28gceSFpvIeJKfMAYEk9_t4jmzH@mail.gmail.com> <q2i179b97fb1005081439k8fd97c85y9e53c8db3aea9e3c@mail.gmail.com> <w2zb1fa29171005081444uf7c5e978kec1d69358d8753f2@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/8/10, Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brandon Gooch > <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, b. f. <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> On 05/08/10 13:36, Alan Cox wrote: >>>> Doug Barton wrote: >>>>> On 05/05/10 11:56, Alan Cox wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm afraid that I would advise waiting a few days. This round of >>>>>> changes >>>>>> are not yet complete. >>> >>> What performance differences, if any, can we expect on uniprocessors >>> from the vm page lock-related changes? Kip's original post on -arch >>> mentioned some performance improvements and no significant >>> regressions, but on a dual 4-core machine. >> >> Alan (or Kip): Is there a document available that describes the work >> being done on the VM system? >> >> I would like to -- or like make and attempt to -- read such a document... >> >> Hey b. f., to which post on -arch are you referring? > I was referring to the message listed in Kip's link below. > there is no document. The basic idea is straightforward, but there are > some unpleasant edges to cope with. > > http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-arch&id=3155260&thread=no > > -Kip >
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