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Date:      Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:39:07 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_poll.c
Message-ID:  <431DE24B.2000309@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <431DD8D2.6020006@root.org>
References:  <200509051602.j85G2Bpo090258@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050905094341.A23343@xorpc.icir.org> <20050905180050.GB41863@cell.sick.ru> <20050905141451.A27290@xorpc.icir.org> <20050906061828.GQ41863@cell.sick.ru> <20050906012755.B34182@xorpc.icir.org> <20050906112608.N51625@fledge.watson.org> <431DC64E.9010903@root.org> <431DCEFB.9030005@samsco.org> <431DD8D2.6020006@root.org>

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Nate Lawson wrote:
> Scott Long wrote:
> 
>> Nate Lawson wrote:
>>
>>> For the case of storage, you actually have a better model since all 
>>> transactions are initiated from the host (as opposed to packet 
>>> arrivals).  This gives an easy metric for a dynamic polling threshold 
>>> -- if you have a deep queue of outstanding requests and one 
>>> completes, you should poll a little more than normal.
>>>
>>
>> Except for target mode.
> 
> 
> Never heard of that before.
> 

Take my wife, please!

Bada-bum-chink

Seriously though, I mention it because it is a very important component
for storage applicances, bith in it's ability to work and work well.
It's an area where we still have a significanlt lead of Linux.

Scott



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