From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 8 22:55:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB75106564A; Sat, 8 May 2010 22:55:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A70D8FC16; Sat, 8 May 2010 22:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so1825455wyb.13 for ; Sat, 08 May 2010 15:55:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=b4X0HXxhRfnCeQ/J143beHaLY3hfQMSdZlRgy4WSjvw=; b=KNgmWI93ztGLT7EIBj6ik4VB2wrJqPdx7k2v7tMKLY6nI7ekr6OlHDJEoQTOfY7dfO Z/SNrbAfxpaPhgJsvgF/V7khVqGDiMEISLdAD+O+ATb5qRD511l4aZqLAAdAc/Y0+zk+ qynbY3BMhhH8Dvx3RumJ9Y4nGIGDnAAReZQ6Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=Cmj652ds/o0Zo2fFS4fTDsye9147iA2C4K1m5x54QMOdH4vovK2cjQFsVsAbFmFI3p lz8JPEYvSfr/OyIEk19BBrjHYchWA58PpZ6JnVkaGO6pfg5GO6o9Mj+y9sFuM1FrvQc4 T+quSkcNlxeoElXyON/72Ie8A6EnrwYQWMYTc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.181.195 with SMTP id l45mr530724wem.156.1273359300578; Sat, 08 May 2010 15:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.163.21 with HTTP; Sat, 8 May 2010 15:55:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 22:55:00 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: Kip Macy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Brandon Gooch , alc@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent sys/vm/ changes and nvidia-driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 22:55:05 -0000 On 5/8/10, Kip Macy wrote: > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brandon Gooch > wrote: >> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, b. f. 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 >